A Kennecott Story

Charles Caldwell Hawley has had a long career as a geologist. After working for the USGS, he moved to the private sector, eventually forming his own consultant company for the mining industry. Hawley has served on national and state land-use advisory councils and today is director of three public mining companies. He is the author of the book Wesley Earl Dunkle, Alaska's Flying Miner.

I know of no book that attempts to do what this volume does. This is a major contribution to the field of mining, mining history, the history of the American West, the history of copper production, and economic history." - Richard Sadler, professor of history, Weber State University "A significant contribution. Placing the story of this company's development and impact into broader national and international patterns will have value transcending the immediate." - John Sillito, Professor Emeritus of Libraries, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah "Chuck Hawley's Kennecott history captures a slice of Alaska's past-and makes a plea for an enlightened future." - Alaska Dispatch News "Hawley succeeds in immersing the reader in the company's development and impact into broader national and international events. In doing so he conveys the significance of how its technological innovations helped shape modern economic and industrial history." - Newspoke: The Newsletter of the Alaska Library Association "This book would be enjoyed by technical mining people, lovers of history, or investors in mining stocks. It is an inspiring tale of men with dreams and vision, and the ingenuity and fortitude to build the best mine possible, despite engineering challenges that were considered impossible." - CEO "Hawley's account places the Kennecott story and its principle characters within the broader picture of the American mining industry as it evolved its most critical and revolutionary period. His book is intended not only for geologists (like the reviewer) and engineers but also for historians and the inquisitive general reader." - Alaska Historical Society "A Kennecott Story is an ambitious narrative of the history of one of the most important extractive corporations of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It will be of particular use to those who are new to mining history or who hope to gain an understanding of the scale and scope of twentieth-century American mining." - Western Historical Quarterly "Hawley offers excellent insight into the technical and economic impacts of copper mining-this study is very much worth the read." - Utah Historical Quarterly