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Ancient ruins or an ancient stone statue recalls the work of miners who brought the material from a quarry so that the sculptor can create a work of art. Carving of massive stone blocks and piercing tunnels in mountains are arts in which the same tools of mining are used and mining engineers are involved. Studying history of mining necessitates also the study of archaeology, art, architecture, and world history in general since it is the history of civilization. The pyramids of Egypt, the gold of Tut Ankh Amoun, the Coloseum in Rome, the Taj Mahal in Agra, and the …

Metals are not arranged according the Periodic Table or alphabetically but are arranged according to their discovery. There are two introductory chapters on metals and their history: Part 1. Metals Part 2. History of Metals and Metallurgy Part 3. Ancient Metals Part 4. Metalloids of the Alchemists Part 5. Metals from South America Part 6. Metals from the East Part 7. Eighteenth Century Metals Part 8. Metals of the Nineteenth Century Part 9. Twenty century metals The book is illustrated by many Figures mostly in color, biographies of many chemists and metallurgists, and many flowsheets of processes.