21-108Z HISTORY OF MINING AND ARIZONA MINING (REVISED)

David Cook, Thursdays 2-4 pm

ZOOM: February 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1

Registrants will receive an e-mail containing information about joining the course sessions.  Please register each person in the household individually.

If it isn’t grown, it has to be mined!  Humans have been using “mining” to extract items to help them grow and harvest the food they ate, provide improved housing conditions, and facilitate their expressions of culture from 10,000 BC to the present.  Recent developments and the necessity to protect the environment have led to increased steps in mining reclamation and environmental design.  Arizona has been among the leaders in exploring, developing, and reclaiming mining sites for over 400 years.  We will study the sites, the successes, and the failures throughout history.