Labels:text | font | number | screenshot OCR: A History of Phosphate Mining in Southeastern Idaho The purpose of preparing this treatise on the history of phosphate SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS mining in the Idaho portion of the western phosphate field is two- This CD-ROM was produced in accordance with the ISO 9660 fold. First, while there have been partial histories written before, they Level 2 standard and Apple Computer's® Hierarchical File did not cover the complete history of the field; and secondly, this System (HFS) standard. The data and text on this CD-ROM paper was prepared in support of current on-going investigations in require either a UNIX workstation, Macintosh® or compatible the phosphate field. Background material was gathered and research computer, or IBM® or compatible personal computer, each into the history of phosphate mining in southeastern Idaho was initiated while the author was working for the former Conservation equipped with a CD-ROM drive. Windows Division of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), from 1972 to 1983. · Intel® Pentium® processor Research consisted of extensive bibliographic studies, examination of · Microsoft® Windows® 95 OSR 2.0, Windows 98 SE, Windows the field notes of "old-time" geologists, records of the Conservation Millennium, Windows NT® 4.0 with Service Pack 5, or Division, land and patent records of the Bureau of Land Management Windows 2000 (BLM), and many interviews with long-experienced phosphate · 64 MB of RAM workers and mine superintendents. · VGA color monitor that can display 256 colors (16.7 million After a basic, general discussion of the early history of the area and colors recommended) some of the early phosphate development problems, each mine is Macintosh discussed in the order of initial development. The discussions include · PowerPC® processor mine (or lease) ownership, history of prospecting and development, · Mac OS software version 8.6, 9.0.4, 9.1, or OS X; some features actual mining, and mine closure. of Acrobat 5.0 may not be available may not be available for OS This CD-ROM contains Portable Document Format (PDF) files that 8.6 and OS X due to OS limitations. total 253 pages in 32 chapters. The opening PDF consists of a hot- · 64 MB of RAM linked table of contents that guide you through the rest of the report. · 13-inch color monitor that can display 256 colors (16.7 million The collection of files is indexed for searching for words or sets of colors recommended) words, using the search tool in Acrobat Reader. Installers for Adobe UNIX Acrobat Reader 5.0 for Macintosh and Windows are provided on this · Almost any UNIX workstation can read these files. CD-ROM. All platforms QUICK START · Adobe Acrobat® Reader 5.0 or higher (Acrobat Reader 5.0 for For those already familiar with Adobe Acrobat Reader and who Windows and Macintosh provided on this CD-ROM in the have version 5.0 or greater on their computer, go directly to the file Acrobat folder. of00-425.pdf. On a PC system with Windows, the autorun feature on This report and any updates to it are available on line at this CD-ROM may launch Acrobat Reader and load the file of00- 425.pdf for you. If not, open "My Computer," right-click on the CD- http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of00-425/ Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and ROM icon, and select "Open." does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. U.S. Department of the Interior COMPACT ISBN 0-607-96599-1 Gale A. Norton, Secretary disc U.S. Geological Survey Charles G. Groat, Director HFS DATA STORAGE 9 780607 965995
