Plazak is a retired geologist and engineer, who writes on oil and mining history.
Wikipedian since February 2007.
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Aggregate industry in the United States Alexander McKenzie (American politician) Aluminium industry in the United States Antrim Shale Arapahoe, Colorado (ghost town) Argo Tunnel Baby Doe Tabor Bauxite mining in the United States Brine mining Bromine production in the United States Buckskin Joe, Park County, Colorado Butte, Montana labor riots of 1914 Calumet and Hecla Mining Company Cement industry in the United States Century Aluminum Cliff mine Climax mine Coal mining in Poland Coalbed methane in the United States Colfax, Colorado Colorado state capital referendum, 1881 Concho Resources Copala, Sinaloa Copper mining in Arizona Copper mining in Michigan Copper mining in the United States Copper Range Company Dakan, Colorado Diamond mining in India Dyersville, Colorado Francisco de Ibarra Gold mining in Colorado Gold mining in Nevada Gold mining in the United States Goldfield, Nevada labor troubles of 1906-1907 Helium production in the United States Henderson molybdenum mine History of the iron and steel industry in the United States History of the oil shale industry in the United States History of the petroleum industry in the United States Idaho Springs miners' strike of 1903 IGas Energy Illinois Basin Iron and steel industry in the United States Iron mining in the United States John Fielder Lake Valley, New Mexico La Paz, Arizona Leadville mining district Lost mines Martin Lockley Michel T. Halbouty Molybdenum mining in the United States Molycorp Inc. Montana Resources LLP Mountain Pass rare earth mine
Natural gas in the United States Nevadaville, Colorado New Albany Shale New Cornelia mine Nonesuch Shale Offshore oil and gas in California Offshore oil and gas in the United States Offshore oil and gas in the US Gulf of Mexico Offshore drilling on the US Atlantic coast Oro City, Colorado Pan amalgamation Parfet Prehistoric Preserve Pauline Weaver Permian Basin Petroleum Museum Petroleum refining in the United States Phosphate mining in the United States Picacho, California Purgatoire River track site Raton Basin Recreational gold mining Robert C. White (police chief) Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Rosita, Colorado Russell Gulch, Colorado Saints John, Colorado Shale gas , my most-viewed article . When I started the article in 2007, shale gas was rated as a "Low Importance" topic.Shale gas in Canada Shale gas in the United Kingdom Shale gas in the United States Siempre tuya Silver mining in Arizona Silver mining in Colorado Silver mining in Nevada Silver mining in the United States Smoky Hill City, Kansas Sodium adsorption ratio Spenazuma, Arizona Sulfur production in the United States Tarryall, Colorado (ghost town) Thomas Dibblee Thomas Noel (historian) Thomas W. Lawson (businessman) Tiger, Arizona Tincup, Colorado Uranium mining in Arizona Uranium mining in Colorado Uranium mining in New Mexico Uranium mining in the United States Uranium mining in Utah Uranium mining in Wyoming Wattenberg Gas Field Weaver, Arizona Western Museum of Mining & Industry Zinc mining in the United States
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File:158-Main-St-TustinCA.jpg : Artz Building, in National Register of Historic Places listings in Orange County, California File:228-Main-St-TustinCA.jpg : Sherman Stevens House, in National Register of Historic Places listings in Orange County, California File:7WondersMuseumWA.jpg : Sign at the 7 Wonders Museum .File:Argo-Tunnel-2009.jpg : The Argo Tunnel in Idaho Springs, ColoradoFile:Argo-Treatment-Plant.jpg : Water treatment plant for drainage from the Argo Tunnel File:Baker-tank.jpg : Bakers tank, of the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad , along the Boreas Pass road.File:Bassick-Mine.jpg : Bassick silver mine, in article on Querida, Colorado .File:BellaHotel-LakeValleyNM.jpg : Former Bella Hotel in Lake Valley, New Mexico .File:BeowaweGeothermalNV.jpg : Geothermal power plant at Beowawe, Nevada .File:BigfootStatue-SilverLakeWA.jpg : Bigfoot statue, in Bigfoot in popular culture .File:BoschBrewery.jpg : Bosch Brewing Company , Houghton, Michigan.File:Buckskin-JoeCO.jpg : western theme park and movie set of Buckskin Joe File:BullardHotel-Silver CityNM.jpg : Bullard Hotel, in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Grant County, New Mexico File:BurleighCoCourthouseND.jpg : Burleigh County Courthouse, in National Register of Historic Places listings in Burleigh County, North Dakota File:CaribouCO-2005.jpg : Ghost town of Caribou, Colorado File:Cemetery-SilverCliffCO.jpg : Silver Cliff Cemetery File:CFI-PuebloCO.jpg : Colorado Fuel and Iron steel millFile:CometMT.jpg : Comet, Montana File:Copper Range.jpg : boxcars of the Copper Range Railroad File:Cripple Creek and Victor Mine - Victor Colorado.JPG : Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine , in Gold mining in Colorado .File:CrownHillParkCO.jpg : Crown Hill Burial Park, in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Colorado File:CuartelejoKS.jpg : El Quartelejo Pueblo ruins, in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kansas , and the List of National Historic Landmarks in Kansas .File:DeathValleyRREngine.jpg : Locomotive of the Death Valley Railroad .File:Dyerville1.jpg : remains of an old cabin at Dyersville, Colorado File:DrakeMemorial-TitusvillePA.jpg : grave and memorial to Edwin Drake .File:DCSubwayConstruction.jpg : Construction of the DC Metro in 1989File:DSPR engine Fairplay CO.jpg : in articles Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad and South Park City .File:EagleBoraxWorksCA.jpg : Eagle Borax Works in National Register of Historic Places listings in Inyo County, California .File:EarlyDrillingRig.jpg : Old oil drilling rig at the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum .File:EthylCorporationSign.jpg : Ethyl Corporation sign on an antique gasoline pump.File:EurekaCO.jpg : old ore mill at Eureka, Colorado File:FlotationFalconbridgeOnt.jpg : flotation cells in articles Froth Flotation and Copper extraction techniques .File:FormerGovernorResidenceND.jpg : the former North Dakota Governor's Residence , in National Register of Historic Places listings in Burleigh County, North Dakota .File:FortCraigNM.jpg : Fort Craig, New Mexico .File:GasDrillingRulisonFieldCO.jpg : Gas drilling in the Piceance Basin .File:GasWellDenverBasinCO.jpg : Gas well drilling in the Denver Basin .File:GatesFactory.jpg : the old Gates Rubber factory in Baker Neighborhood File:GenevaCreekCO-IronFen.jpg : Iron oxide terraces at Geneva Creek (Colorado) File:GoldenHillCemetary-Lakewood.jpg : Hill section of Golden Hill Cemetary, on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Colorado File:GrahamGym-SilverCityNM.jpg : Graham Gym, in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Grant County, New Mexico .File:GrantWellOffice-DrakeWellMu.jpg : Office of the Grant Oil Well, originally at Pithole, Pennsylvania .File:HendersonMineCO.jpg : Henderson molybdenum mine , ColoradoFile:HendersonMineGloryHole.jpg : Glory hole at the Henderson molybdenum mine File:HowardsvilleCO.jpg : old cabin at Howardsville, Colorado .File:HuffIndianVillageND.jpg : Huff Archeological Site , in National Register of Historic Places listings in North Dakota and List of National Historic Landmarks in North Dakota .File:JCRS-Synagogue.jpg : former Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society synagogue, in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Colorado File:KingSoopers-DenverCO.jpg : King Soopers grocery storeFile:LakeHavasauAZCA.jpg : dawn on Lake Havasu , Arizona/California.File:LuckyFridayMineID.jpg , Idaho, in Silver mining in the United States .File:Matchless mine.jpg : Matchless mine, in articles Baby Doe Tabor and Horace Tabor File:Mayflower11.JPG : Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill , on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Colorado .File:MayflowerTramwayBucket.jpg : in article Aerial tramway File:MedicalMarijuana-DenverCO.jpg : Medical marijuana clinic.File:Mill at Pony MT.JPG : abandoned ore mill at Pony, Montana File:MollieKathleenMineCO.jpg : Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine , ColoradoFile:MontanaCityCO.jpg : Montana City, Colorado File:MountainPassCA.jpg : Mountain Pass rare earth mine , at Mountain Pass, California File:Nevadaville2.jpg : Nevadaville, Colorado File:Nugget hunting Gilpin Co CO.jpg : Recreational gold mining .File:Oilwell-WatertonNP-Alberta.jpg : First Oil Well in Western Canada File:OldCourthouse-ColoradoCityCO.jpg : former courthouse at Old Colorado City File:OldHundred3.jpg : Old Hundred Gold Mine , Colorado.File:OreMill-PicachoCA.jpg : Ruins of ore processing mill at Picacho, California .File:PackerMemorial.jpg : Monument to the victims of Colorado cannibal Alferd Packer .File:Parfet-Preserve.png : Parfet Prehistoric Preserve .File:ParkCountyCourthouse.jpg : Park County courthouse, originally at Buckskin Joe, Colorado File:PattersonBldgND.jpg : the E. 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Patterson Building, in National Register of Historic Places listings in Burleigh County, North Dakota File:PermianBasinMuseum.jpg : Permian Basin Petroleum Museum File:PetersonHouse-LakewoodColo.jpg : Peterson House , in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Colorado File:PetroleumCenterPA.jpg : Ghost town of Petroleum Center, Pennsylvania .File:PioneerSodHouse-WheatRidgeCO.jpg : Pioneer Sod House , in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Colorado File:PitholePA.jpg : ghost town of Pithole, Pennsylvania , in National Register of Historic Places listings in Venango County, Pennsylvania .File:PurgatoireTrackwayCO.jpg : Purgatoire River track site File:RichardsMansion-WheatRidgeCO.jpg : Richards Mansion, in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Colorado File:RoseLimeKilnHinsdaleCoCo.jpg : Rose Lime Kiln in National Register of Historic Places listings in Hinsdale County, Colorado File:RobinsonMineElyNV.jpg : Robinson mine, in Copper mining in the United States File:SandCreekCO.jpg : Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in National Register of Historic Places listings in Colorado .File:SchnellFarm-LakewoodCO.jpg : Schnell Farm, in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Colorado File:Schoolhouse_Tarryall_CO.jpg : old schoolhouse at Tarryall, Colorado , in National Register of Historic Places listings in Park County, Colorado .File:ShafterTX.jpg : Shafter, Texas File:SmugglerUnionPowerPlantCO.jpg : Smuggler-Union hydroelectric power plant near Telluride, Colorado, on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Colorado .File:SteelMuseum-PuebloCO.jpg : Steelworks Museum of Industry and Culture .File:Steve-Canyon-Statue.jpg : Statue of Steve Canyon , in Idaho Springs, ColoradoFile:Stratton-statue2.jpg : statue of Winfield Scott Stratton in downtown Colorado Springs.File:SummitvilleMineCO.jpg : Summitville mine File:SwanRiverDredgeSummitCoCO.jpg : gold dredge, in Gold mining in Colorado File:Tabor Opera House - Leadville 2007.jpg : in article Horace Tabor File:TaborStore-BuckskinJoeCO.jpg : Horace Tabor 's store, originally in Buckskin Joe, Colorado , now in the Buckskin Joe theme park.File:TincupCO.jpg : General store at Tincup, Colorado .File:TonopahTidewaterRailroadBed.jpg : bed of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad .File:Parfet-Triceratops-Track.png : Triceratops footprinbt at Parfet Prehistoric Preserve .File:UFO Watchtower Hooper Colorado.JPG : UFO Watchtower File:UravanCO2008.jpg : reclaimed townsite of Uravan, Colorado File:VictorHotel.jpg : Victor Hotel , on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Teller County, Colorado .File:WeaverAZ.jpg : ghost town of Weaver, Arizona .File:WhiteOaksNM.jpg : old commercial building at White Oaks, New Mexico , in National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, New Mexico .Lily Dale Entrance.JPG : Entrance to Lily Dale, New York Spiritualist community.File:Street-Scene-Lily-Dale-NY.jpg : Lily Dale, New York File:Fox-Cabin-Site-Lily-Dale-.jpg : former site of the Fox Sisters' cabin, Lily Dale, New York File:Museum-Lily-Dale-NY.jpg : Lily Dale, New York MuseumFile:Grand-Rivers-KY.jpg Downtown Grand Rivers, Kentucky File:Thomas-Lawson-House-Grand.jpg : House of Thomas W. Lawson in Grand Rivers, Kentucky , on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Livingston County, Kentucky File:Jacob-Waltz-Grave-Phoenix.jpg : Grave of Jacob Waltz, reputed finder of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine File:Martin-Dies-Jr-State-Park.jpg : Steinhagen Reservoir , Martin Dies, Jr. State Park , TexasFile:Clay-Allison-Tombstone1.jpg : Clay Allison tombstone, Pecos, TexasFile:Clay-Allison-Tombstone2.jpg : another Clay Allison tombstone, Pecos, TexasFile:Fay-Wray-Fountain.jpg : Fay Wray Fountain, Cardston , Alberta]]File:Holyhead-Harbor.jpg : Holyhead Harbor, Wales File:Sea-Lions-Newport-OR.jpg : Sea lions Newport, Oregon File:Simon-Guggenheim-Hall.jpg : Simon Guggenheim Hall, Colorado School of MinesFile:Coke-Ovens---Cokedale-CO.jpg : Coke ovens, Raton Basin , ColoradoFile:Nordeng Steam Stamp.jpg : 40-foot steam stamp engine at the Western Museum of Mining & Industry . Colorado SpringsFile:Monacacy-River-RR-Bridge.png : Railroad bridge over the Monocacy, in Monocacy National Battlefield File:MinaDoChicoRei-Ouro Preto.jpg : old Brazilian gold mine, in List of show mines .
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your tireless help with mining -related articles, I award you the Tireless Contributor Barnstar . Happy editing! Boricua e ddie
The WikiProject Barnstar
To compliment Plazak's Tireless Contributor Barnstar in mining technology, I award you the WikiProject Barnstar for you outstanding Wikipedia:WikiProject Colorado support. Dedication to expanding Colorado articles and Colorado mining towns, and your anti-vandalism work on Colorado articles; you are worthy of this Barnstar. Most sterling! Thank you! LanceBarber (talk ) 01:40, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
The Photographer's Barnstar
For your impressive additions to the National Register lists, especially the amazing File:SmugglerUnionPowerPlantCO.jpg . It's one of the best Wikipedian-created photographs I've ever seen. Nyttend (talk ) 00:15, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar
You've been doing much good work, and have contributed many articles and images, so I wanted to offer you this barnstar... Johnfos (talk ) 01:48, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
The Geology Barnstar
For tireless work maintaining and improving Geology articles. Thanks, Pete Tillman 01:12, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
The Technology Barnstar
For your continuous work on hydraulic fracturing articles. Beagel (talk ) 13:58, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for answering my suggestions in "Fossil fuel phase-out"'s Talk page Isolari (talk ) 22:08, 6 May 2017 (UTC)