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Category Archives: Mining
Ominous Sounding Frontier Town Names
As part of our Frontier Towns series, the following list of town names might make you want to think twice before moving there or living there. Some of the names are famous, while others are infamous. All of them are … Continue reading
Posted in branding, cities, geography, Maps, Mining, place names, placemaking, tourism, Travel
Tagged ghost towns
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Russian cities that arose from the Gulag era
Below is a list of some of the larger cities that were founded, built, or significantly enhanced through Gulag-era forced labor. If the city was founded during the Soviet Union’s Gulag era, the date is provided in parenthesis. Otherwise, the … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, cities, culture, Europe, geography, human rights, humanity, land use, Mining, pictures, place names, politics, Statistics
Tagged forced labor, Gulag, prison camps, Russia, slavery, Soviet Union
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Can a remote uranium mining town become a retirement mecca?
While more of an academic publication than a great literary work of non-fiction, Boom Town Blues: Elliot Lake remains an enlightening and useful read. The book summarizes what can only be described as the “great experiment of Elliot Lake, Ontario.” Now, … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, book reviews, books, Canada, cities, civics, commerce, Communications, culture, economic development, economic gardening, economics, Economy, energy, environment, geography, government, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, literature, Mining, Nature, North America, placemaking, planning, product design, seasons, spatial design, Statistics, tourism, Travel, urban planning, weather, writing
Tagged book reviews, books, Boom Town Blues, Canada, cities, Daniel Burham, Elliot Lake, Elliot Lake Retirement Living, geography, mining, Ontario, retirement, tourism, travel, uranium
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“Mushroom” boomtowns of the early Atomic Age
As a crucial part of the 20th Century, the early Atomic Age brought about profound changes to society and humankind. Not only were we faced with the horror of possible worldwide thermonuclear destruction for the first time, but we were … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, books, Canada, China, cities, culture, economic development, economic gardening, economics, Economy, energy, entrepreneurship, environment, Europe, geography, Geology, government, health, historic preservation, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, Maps, military, Mining, nature, North America, Oceania, planning, politics, pollution, Science, South America, spatial design, States, Statistics, technology, writing, zoning
Tagged atomic age, books, boom, bust, cities, energy, environment, geography, geology, history, land use, literature, military, mining, planning, pollution, towns, uranium mining, weapons, writing, yellowcake
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Not a desert mirage, but more Earth acne
No, it’s not a mirage. This satellite image below is of the (nearly 21 square miles!) borate/borax mine near Boron, California. As impressive as it is from space, the image clearly shows the alterations to the natural desert landscape resulting from the … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, aerospace, Astronomy, environment, geography, Geology, land use, Mining, nature, North America, Outer Space, pictures, spatial design
Tagged borate, borox, Earth, environment, geography, geology, land use, mining, planning, statllite imagery, terrain, topography
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Earth acne creep across boreal Alberta
Here are two satellite views of the expanding Earth acne in the tar sands region of Alberta. The photo on the right is the most recent photo and shows mining has spread across the Athabasca River. Below this comparison is … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Canada, climate change, economic development, energy, environment, geography, Geology, land use, Mining, nature, North America, planning, pollution, Renewable Energy, sustainability
Tagged Alberta, Canada, Earth, ecology, environment, extraction, geography, geology, mining, oil, pollution, tar sands
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“Seasoning” cities and towns
A little salt and pepper to season things here on Panethos. Spanish language cities with “Salto” in the name were not included as this means “falls” nor was “Saltillo” as it means “little falls.” The largest of these salty cities are … Continue reading
CITIES WITH THAT ‘sinking’ FEELING
We all have heard about the perils posed to urban areas by rising sea levels, but less often discussed (until recently) are the potential disasters awaiting those cities that are literally sinking under the weight of themselves. The proper term … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Africa, Asia, cities, civics, climate change, Economy, environment, Europe, geography, Geology, government, health, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, Mining, nature, North America, Oceania, planning, politics, pollution, South America, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, urban planning, visual pollution, writing
Tagged Bangkok, Dhaka, drilling, engineering, environment, extracting, geography, groundwater, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Houston, Jakarta, LA, land use, Manila, mining, nature, New Orleans, Shanghai, sinking cities, subsidence, Tokyo, urban planning, Venice
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Earth acne amid equatorial glaciers
Below is a satellite image of the Grasberg Mine amid the snowy high peaks of far eastern Indonesia. To the right of the mine itself are several glaciers. Hopefully neither the existing mine and/or any future extension(s) will harm the … Continue reading
More human-made Earth acne from space
Here’s another satellite image of human-made Earth acne, partially softened by a coating of snow on the higher adjacent peaks. The photo is of the massive Bingham Canyon Mine located approximate 32 miles southwest of downtown Salt Lake City, Utah … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, cities, environment, geography, Geology, history, land use, Mining, Outer Space, pictures, planning, pollution
Tagged Bingham Canyon, Earth, environment, geography, geology, land use, landscapes, mining, pollution, Salt Lake City, Utah
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