Call for Papers 2013 Mining History Association Annual Conference Galena, Illinois June 6-9, 2013

The Mining History Association will meet in historic Galena, Illinois, June 6-9, 2013. The program committee invites proposals for individual presentations or complete sessions (including chair) on mining history. Presentations may focus on technology, business, social life, the environment, or any other aspect of mining, its associated industries, and its communities. There are no temporal or geographic limits. Sessions include three papers of twenty minutes each. There are no temporal or geographic limits.

Proposals should include title of presentation, an abstract (not to exceed one page) for each presentation, plus biographical information about each presenter, including mailing/email address. Please note, speakers must register for the conference in order to give their presentations. Please send written proposals to the program session committee by November 15, 2012. Please make submissions by email attachment to

Mark Vendl mkvendl@gmail.com

The Mining History Association also has limited travel grants available for students who are accepted into the program. To be considered, please e-mail a cover letter addressed to the MHA Grants Committee along with your presentation proposal (abstract and biographical information) by the deadline . Grant Applications and questions should be sent by November 15, 2012 to: Brian Leech at brianleech@augustana.edu. See http://mininghistoryassociation.org/TravelGrants.htm for more information.