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Anguilla
Anguilla , island and British dependency (2005 est. pop. 13,300) 35 sq mi (91 sq km), West Indies, northernmost of the Leeward Islands . The capital is the town of The Valley. The population, which is mainly of African descent, speaks English, the official language. Most Anguillans belong to Anglic... Read more
Ladysmith
Ladysmith town (1991 pop. 30,532), KwaZulu-Natal, E South Africa. The town has railroad yards and food-processing, textile, and tire factories. It is the distribution center for the surrounding agricultural and coal-mining region. Ladysmith was founded in 1851 by Boers (Afrikaners) who had been p... Read more
Statute of Westminster
Statute of Westminster 1931, in British imperial history, an act of the British Parliament that gave formal recognition to the autonomy of the dominions of the British Empire and was in effect the founding charter of the British Commonwealth of Nations . It declared that the Commonwealth was a fre... Read more
Kamloops
Kamloops , city (1991 pop. 67,057), S British Columbia, Canada, at the junction of the North Thompson and South Thompson rivers. A trading post was first established on the site in 1812. A village grew up at the time of the Cariboo gold rush (1860), and in 1885 the main line of the Canadian Pacific ... Read more
Terry Waite
Terry Waite (Terence Waite), 1939-, British church official. An adviser to Robert Runcie , the Archbishop of Canterbury, he successfully negotiated the release of British hostages in Iran (1981) and Libya (1985). His later efforts to free U.S. hostages in Beirut were unsuccessful and were compromi... Read more
National Trust
National Trust British association to preserve for the nation places of natural beauty or buildings of architectural or historic interest in the British Isles; founded 1894, chartered 1895. By act of Parliament (1907) the Trust was empowered to acquire land inalienably and to be exempt from duties ... Read more
British East Africa
British East Africa inclusive historical term for several former British dependencies, especially Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, and Zanzibar. ... Read more
British West Africa
British West Africa former inclusive term for the British colonies of Cameroons, Gambia, Gold Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togoland. ... Read more
Revelstoke
Revelstoke , city (1991 pop. 7,729), SE British Columbia, Canada, on the Columbia River. The city is at the foot of the Selkirk Mts. and is the gateway to Mt. Revelstoke National Park. It is also a railroad division point and a distribution center for a mining and lumbering area. ... Read more
Sir Francis Darwin
Sir Francis Darwin 1848-1925, English botanist, assistant to his father, Charles Robert Darwin . He lectured in botany at Cambridge and was foreign secretary of the Royal Society and president of the British Association. He edited the Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (1887) and was knighted in... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "The Mining Association of British"

Jamaican Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America ...coffee and its bauxite mining and aluminum processing...citizens have some form of association with Christianity...Spanish Caribbean, British Admiral Penn and General...of Madrid, and the British then left the island...slaves who hampered British rule until a peace treaty...
Fisk, G(eorge) W(illiam) (1882-1972)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...illiam) (1882-1972) British parapsychologist and...1915), and served as British vice-consul at the...superintendent of Kailan Mining Administration (1919...the Parapsychological Association, joined the SPR Council...French phrase book for mining engineers. Sources...
Cameroon
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures ...division of the country into British- and French-ruled League...and social organization. The British appointed warrant chiefs to...of healing and initiation in associations of spirit mediums that distinguish...hydroelectric, and bauxite mining area near Edea. The major...
Hoover, Herbert
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...he entered the employ of mining engineer Louis Janin. Hoover next joined the British firm of Bewick, Moering...x201C;sick” mining enterprises. He married...involving agricultural marketing associations, oil and timber conservation...
Mauritius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...industrial base to include mining and manufacturing, and adopted...work the plantations. The British captured the island in 1810...and creoles wanted continuing association with Britain, fearing domination...strategic Chagos Archipelago (see British Indian Ocean Territory ) from...
Sir Arthur Keith
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Arthur Keith (1866-1955) was a British anatomist and physical anthropologist...a post as medical officer to a mining company in Siam (Thailand...he was elected president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science...
New Zealand
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...internally self-governing, are in free association with New Zealand. The North Island is...additional agricultural products. The mining sector produces coal, gold, iron...in exchange for their recognition of British sovereignty. But as European settlement...
Sir William Edmond Logan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...himself in the subjects of copper smelting and coal mining. He purchased some simple instruments, a compass...the geological investigation of Canada." At the British Association meeting in Bath in 1864 the great geologist Sir Charles...
Wall Street
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...Indians, New England colonists, and the British (who dismantled it in 1699). The subsequent...such as the 1835 Commercial Exchange Association. The 1840s to the 1860s produced growth...spawned demand for new manufacture and mining and a swelling trade in government debt...
Lancashire
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...cotton enabled Lancashire to dominate the British textile industry. Commerce, cotton...shipping prospered, but as textiles and mining declined, unemployment, urban decay...become tourist resorts. Cricket and association and rugby league football retain passionate...

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Griffith, Richard John
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...year he was appointed mining engineer to the Royal...on the coalfields and mining areas, and he was also...1814 as Geological and Mining Report on the Leinster...that area. In 1835 the British Association for the Advancement of...
Northern Ireland
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...industries. There is some mining. Many people are now...as the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and the Ulster...Force (UVF). In 1969 British soldiers were sent to...there ever since. The British government suspended...In January 1998 The British and Irish governments...
Dundonald, Archibald Cochrane, Earl of
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Dundonald founded the British Tar Company to operate...however, to interest the British Admiralty in coal tar...and iron and coal mining. His treatise on the...Papers Concerning The British Tar Company, ”...x201D; British Association Report (1863), p...
Milne, John
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...early experience as a mining engineer in Great Britain...professor of geology and mining at the Imperial College...was assisted by the British Association for the Advancement...noted of a group of British scientists in Japan...
Hockey
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...eager investors from mining companies to form the...years later, in 1909, mining entrepreneur Michael...the Canadian Hockey Association (CHA), to organize the National Hockey Association (NHA), the immediate...the family business in British Columbia to play hockey...
Doppler, Johann Christian
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...made a full member in 1843. Doppler moved to the Mining Academy at Schemnitz (Bansk á Š...acoustical effect was also noted and commented on at the British Association meeting in 1848 by John Scott Russell and by H. Fizeau...
Lancashire
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...cotton enabled Lancashire to dominate the British textile industry. Commerce, cotton...still prospered, but as textiles and mining declined, unemployment, urban decay...migration accelerated. Cricket and association football retain passionate support...
Chevallier, Temple
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Analogy Between Heat and Electricity ” to the British Association (1855). His Easy Lessons on Mechanics (written...into education. He founded a class at Durham for mining and civil engineering in 1838, and later a department...
Morgan, Conwy Lloyd
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...College of Science in London, intending to become a mining engineer. His progress was brilliant and at the same...first president of the psychological section of the British Association (Edinburgh, 1921); in 1910 he received the honorary...
Ashington Group
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art Ashington Group. A group of British amateur painters, active in Ashington...an extra-mural class in the nearby mining town of Ashington under the auspices of the Workers' Educational Association (founded 1903): ‘I was...

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This Month in Mining: British Columbia
Magazine article from: Engineering and Mining Journal; 5/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...Bullion Market Assn. The association represents about 50% of...located in north-central British Columbia. The capital cost...announced that they will suspend mining operations, continuing...Gibraltar copper mine in central British Columb
The Mining Association of British Columbia: A Good Week for BC's Mining Industry.
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The Mining Association of British Columbia: Two Major Mining Projects Take Steps Forward.
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The Mining Association of British Columbia: Inaugural Conference Reflects Growing Importance of Asia Pacific to Mining Sector Asia Pacific Forum on Mining and Minerals taking place Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2007
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 9/11/2007; 566 words ; ...mining and mineral sector in British Columbia and Canada," said...McPhie, President and CEO of the Mining Association of British Columbia. "Last year, almost 60 per cent of net mining revenues in B.C. came from...
The Mining Association of British Columbia: Mexico's Mining Minister to Attend Vancouver Mining Conference Inaugural Asia Pacific Forum on Mining and Minerals attracting international participation
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 9/25/2007; 597 words ; VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 25, 2007) - The Mining Association of British Columbia is pleased to announce...Mexico's General Coordinator of Mining, has been confirmed to attend the...
The Mining Association of British Columbia: Robert Friedland Confirmed to Speak at Vancouver Mining Conference Inaugural Asia Pacific Forum on Mining and Minerals attracting internationally renowned speakers
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 9/26/2007; 700+ words ; VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 26, 2007) - The Mining Association of British Columbia is pleased to announce...speaking at the Asia Pacific Forum on Mining and Minerals, taking place at the...
The Mining Association of British Columbia: Senior Clinton Foundation Advisor Eric Nonacs Speaking at Vancouver Mining Conference Inaugural Asia Pacific Forum on Mining and Minerals attracting internationally renowned speakers
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 9/20/2007; 679 words ; VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 20, 2007) - The Mining Association of British Columbia is pleased to announce...speak at the Asia Pacific Forum on Mining and Minerals, taking place at the...
The Mining Association of British Columbia: Climate Change, Labour Shortages Among Key Challenges Facing Mining Industry Asia Pacific Forum on Mining and Minerals wraps up in Vancouver
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 10/2/2007; 640 words ; ...opportunities facing the global mining industry. Mining leaders from the Pacific Rim debated and discussed...said Michael McPhie, President and CEO of the Mining Association of British Columbia. "The mining sector is critical to the success of climate...
The Mining Association of British Columbia-Great Day for Mining: Federal and Provincial Governments Move to Strengthen Mining Sector
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 10/1/2007; 619 words ; VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire...1, 2007) - The Mining Association of B.C. applauded...Pacific Forum on Mining and Minerals in...will strengthen the mining sector and help...it has asked the British Columbia Transmission...
The Mining Association of British Columbia: Mining Industry Posts Record Results
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 5/16/2006; 700+ words ; VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - May 16, 2006) - The British Columbia mining industry showed phenomenal gains...chief executive officer of the Mining Association of British Columbia (MABC). "International...