Gray Gold: Lead Mining and Its Impact on the Natural and Cultural Environment, 1700-1840

by Mark Chambers and Mark Milton Chambers

Winner of the Clark C. Spence Award from the Mining History Association

While the histories of gold, silver, and copper mining and smelting are well studied, lead has not received much scholarly attention despite a long history of both Native American and European desire for the ore. Over time, native peoples made lead ornaments in molds; French and American settlers used lead to form musket balls; red lead became an important production...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621906981
• ISBN13: 9781621906988
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"