Rock poker to pay dirt
Subtitle: the history of Alaska's School of Mines and its successors
By: by Leslie M. Noyes in collaboration with Earl H. Beistline and Ernest N. Wolff.
Contributors: Beistline, Earl Hoover.; Wolff, Ernest N.
Publisher: University of Alaska Foundation; University of Alaska Press [distributor]
Published: 2001
Place of publication: [Fairbanks]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 712
Subjects: University of Alaska Fairbanks. School of Mineral Engineering -- History.; University of Alaska Fairbanks. Mineral Industry Research Laboratory -- History.; Mining schools and education -- Alaska -- Fairbanks.; Mining engineering -- Alaska -- History.; Mines and mineral resources -- Alaska -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 679-694) and index.
Table of contents: value: Reflections and impressions; value: Foreword; value: Introduction: why a history of Alaska's School of Mines?; value: ch. 1. The history of mining in Alaska; value: ch. 2. The college's first year; value: ch. 3. The first students; value: ch. 4. The first year at the School of Mines; value: ch. 5. The model mine and the Corn Cob Club; value: ch. 6. The college and Fairbanks grow; value: ch. 7. Student field work; value: ch. 8. The mid-1920s: golden years of growth and graduates; value: ch. 9. Progress by motorcar; value: ch. 10. 1928: a mining boom and prospects for oil; value: ch. 11. Technological advances and the roaring twenties; value: ch. 12. First women graduates from the School of Mines; value: ch. 13. Mining fossils; value: ch. 14. The Great Depression; value: ch. 15. Natural resource development tempers depression; value: ch. 16. A depression success story; value: ch. 17. World advances; value: ch. 18. Social teas and encounters with "Studentus horribilis"; value: ch. 19. A university and a mining extension program; value: ch. 20. Prelude to war; value: ch. 21. War; value: ch. 22. Post-war years; value: ch. 23. The Brooks building; value: ch. 24. Patty returns to the University; value: ch. 25. The School of Mines bolsters a suffering industry; value: ch. 26. Mining school gains and losses; value: ch. 27. Geochemistry comes of age; value: ch. 28. Campus volcanos; value: ch. 29. The heart of the School of Mines; value: ch. 30. Statehood; value: ch. 31. Sputnik, the 1960s, and the School of Mines; value: ch. 32. A transition student; value: ch. 33. Winds of change; value: ch. 34. The permafrost tunnel; value: ch. 35. Bureau of Indian Affairs mineral technology program; value: ch. 36. The University tackles high faculty turnover; value: ch. 37. The 1967 flood; value: ch. 38. The Geography Department; value: ch. 39. The Pacific rim; value: ch. 40. Geology and geological research advances; value: ch. 41. The mineral industry research laboratory; value: ch. 42. The O'Neill building; value: ch. 43. The 1970s: expectations for a decade of growth; value: ch. 44. Mining school students to match the 1970s; value: ch. 45. The Mining School changes again; value: ch. 46. A transition student's view; value: ch. 47. The cosmic oyster crew; value: ch. 48. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; value: ch. 49. Miners to the rescue; value: ch. 50. School of mineral industry awards; value: ch. 51. The Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute; value: ch. 52 The Stampede mine; value: ch. 53. Alaska's coal industry; value: ch. 54. Black gold: the petroleum engineering program; value: ch. 55. The School of Mineral Industry Advisory Committee; value: ch. 56. A lasting legacy; value: ch. 57. Pay dirt: the legacy of "Patty's Boys"; value: Epilogue: The School of Mineral Engineering at present; value: Appendices:; value: A. Timeline; value: B. Scholarships; value: C. Deans of the School of Mines and its successors; value: D. Faculty of the School of Mines and its successors; value: E. Graduates of the School of Mines and its Successors, by name; value: F. Graduates of the School of Mines and its successors, by year; value: G. Outstanding alumni award recipients; value: H. Distinguished service award recipients; value: I. Departments and degrees offered at the School of Mines and its successors; value: J. Mineral industry research laboratory publication listing; value: Notes; value: Selected bibliography; value: Index.