Rock Poker to Pay Dirt: The History of Alaska's School of Mines and Its Successors,9781883309046

Rock Poker to Pay Dirt: The History of Alaska's School of Mines and Its Successors

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ISBN13: 9781883309046
ISBN10: 1883309042
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-04-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Alaska Pr
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Table of Contents

Reflections and Impressions xii
Foreword xvii
Introduction: Why a History of Alaska's School of Mines? 1(7)
The History of Mining in Alaska
8(29)
The College's First Year
37(8)
The First Students
45(7)
The First Year at the School of Mines
52(10)
The Model Mine and the Corn Cob Club
62(9)
The College and Fairbanks Grow
71(7)
Student Field Work
78(3)
The Mid-1920s---Golden Years of Growth and Graduates
81(12)
Progress by Motorcar
93(12)
1928---A Mining Boom and Prospects for Oil
105(8)
Technological Advances and the Roaring Twenties
113(5)
First Woman Graduates from the School of Mines
118(8)
Mining Fossils
126(5)
The Great Depression
131(6)
Natural Resource Development Tempers Depression in Alaska
137(9)
A Depression Success Story
146(5)
World Advances
151(5)
Social Teas and Encounters with ``Studentus Horribilis''
156(7)
A University and a Mining Extension Program
163(9)
Prelude to War
172(7)
War
179(7)
Post-war Years
186(11)
The Brooks Building
197(8)
Patty Returns to the University
205(10)
The School of Mines Bolsters a Suffering Industry
215(12)
Mining School Gains and Losses
227(8)
Geochemistry Comes of Age
235(4)
Campus Volcanos
239(8)
The Heart of the School of Mines
247(12)
Statehood
259(9)
Sputnik, the 1960s, and the School of Mines
268(11)
A Transition Student
279(5)
Winds of Change
284(8)
The Permafrost Tunnel
292(7)
Bureau of Indian Affairs Mineral Technology Program
299(5)
The University Tackles High Faculty Turnover
304(5)
The 1967 Flood
309(6)
The Geography Department
315(7)
The Pacific Rim
322(4)
Geology and Geological Research Advances
326(14)
The Mineral Industry Research Laboratory
340(23)
The O'Neill Building
363(8)
The 1970s: Expectations for a Decade of Growth
371(10)
Mining School Students to Match the 1970s
381(6)
The Mining School Changes Again
387(6)
A Transition Student's View
393(5)
The Cosmic Oyster Crew
398(9)
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
407(17)
Miners to the Rescue
424(12)
School of Mineral Industry Awards
436(6)
The Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute
442(4)
The Stampede Mine
446(6)
Alaska's Coal Industry
452(12)
Black Gold-The Petroleum Engineering Program
464(14)
The School of Mineral Industry Advisory Committee
478(10)
A Lasting Legacy
488(3)
Pay Dirt: The Legacy of ``Patty's Boys''
491(19)
Epilogue: The School of Mineral Engineering, Alaska's Minerals, and the Future 510(5)
Afterword: The School of Mineral Engineering at Present 515(5)
Appendices 520(143)
A. Timeline
521(23)
B. Scholarships
544(2)
C. Deans of the School of Mines and its Successors
546(2)
D. Faculty of the School of Mines and Its Successors
548(16)
E. Graduates of the School of Mines and its Successors, by Name
564(19)
F. Graduates of the School of Mines and its Successors, by Year
583(20)
G. Outstanding Alumni Award Recipients
603(8)
H. Distinguished Service Award Recipients
611(10)
I. Departments and Degrees Offered at the School of Mines and its Successors
621(31)
J. Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Publication Listing
652(11)
Notes 663(16)
Selected Bibliography 679(16)
Index 695

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