Nickel: An Historical Review

Name/Title

Nickel: An Historical Review

Entry/Object ID

2022.108.01

Tags

Mining History, Nickel Mining, Mining Industry, Sudbury, Ontario, Mond Nickel Mine, International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO)

Scope and Content

Book describing the history of the Nickel Industry.

Context

The book discusses both the history of nickel mining as well as the development of the nickel mining industry. The inner cover also features a map of all nickel mining plants and mines as of the year of publication. The book is broken down into chapters, they are as follows: 1. In the Heart of the Earth 2. Civilization Dawns 3. "The Thing that fell from the Sky" 4. "I have called it Nickel" 5. "On Absolutely Pure Nickel" 6. "It looks exactly like Silver" 7. "Nickel is ver much sought after 8. "Men not easily Baffled" 9. Here was a Material Second to None 10. Nickel Plate denotes Quality 11. Foundations of an Industry 12. An Unparalleled Demand 13. The Bottom falls out of the Nickel Market 14. The Metallurgist comes into his own 15. A Time for Expansion 16. Net Growth of the Nickel Industry 17. Nickel in Coinage 18. The Continuing Search 19. Mach I and Beyond

Collection

Mining History

Cataloged By

unknown

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Longmans Canada Limited

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1900

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Nickel: An Historical Review

Description

The book discusses both the history of nickel mining as well as the development of the nickel mining industry.

Creator

F. B. Howard-White

Date(s) of Creation

1963

Subjects

History, Mining, Nickel mining, Camps, Mining, Industrial development

Notes

"G-G. 95" "Stock, G. R." written on second page

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Toronto, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

2099

Dimensions

Width

5-3/4 in

Length

8-1/2 in

Location

Location

Wall

Mining History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

February 1, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Condition Detail

Scratch

Date Examined

Feb 1, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Surface

Small scratch on the front cover

Materials

paper, ink, binding

Provenance

Provenance Detail

George R. Stock

Owner/Agent

George R. Stock

Role

Donor/author

Place

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Acquisition Method

Gift

Provenance Detail

Mining History

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged by an unknown user, re-cataloged on February 1, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

February 1, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

February 1, 2022