TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hyde,Natalie
TI  - Life in a mining community
T2  - Learn about rural life
SN  - 9780778750871 (pbk. : alk. paper)
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Crabtree Pub.
KW  - Miners
KW  - North America
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Mineral industries
KW  - Rural conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical reeferences (p. 32) and index; A rural mining town ; Types of mines ; Minerals and ores ; Mining in North America ; Welcome to Wright ; Daily life ; Town life ; A mining family ; At the mine ; Moving the coal ; Reclaiming the land ; After the mining ; Mining around the world; New February 2011
N2  - Mining people mine for coal, oil, minerals, and metals. These are used for energy and as raw products to make things. In various parts of North America there are huge areas rich in one or more of these natural resources. Gillette, in Wyoming, is the coal-mining capital of the USA. Nearby is the small community of Moorcroft. The community developed from an old wild west cattle-ranching center and is now largely based on oil and coal-mining
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