Author: Colton StormPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN:
Category : Americana
Languages : en
Pages : 894
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana
Author: Colton StormPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN:
Category : Americana
Languages : en
Pages : 894
Book Description
The Mining West
Author: Richard E. LingenfelterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
This two-volume set cites books, pamphlets, maps, music, directories, and other published materials (excluding materials from technical and popular magazines and newspapers) on the history of mining in the American and Canadian West. Topics covered include prospecting, mining rushes and camps, and mining finance, labor, technology, law, literature, and lore. The initial portion provides general information on mining and metalurgical technology. The subsequent regional sections are subdivided into refined historical studies, raw materials, fictional and poetic treatments, and bibliographical guides to further materials. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Treasure Hill
Author: W. Turrentine JacksonPublisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 1943859167
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
In 1868, the discovery of an exceptionally rich silver ore on Treasure Hill in eastern Nevada led to an intense but short-lived boom. The White Pine Mining District was quickly organized, and in time a new Nevada county was created with that name. The boom lasted only two seasons, but dogged investors, mostly British, spent more than twenty years pursuing the dream of making White Pine a prosperous mining district before they withdrew and left behind only disappointment and ghost towns. W. Turrentine Jackson’s study of Treasure Hill, first published in 1963, has endured as a classic case study of a typical mining district in the western United States. Much more than events at the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, the rush to White Pine, its brief season of glory and excitement followed by sudden decline, typifies the pattern of development in the majority of mining districts in the West. Far more than a tale of sudden wealth and lawlessness—although both were abundant—Treasure Hill encompasses the impact of growing international capitalism and labor movements on the mining West, the bitter politics surrounding the creation of towns and counties, and the human costs of boom and bust. Available again in a new paperback edition, with a foreword by mining historian Joseph V. Tingley,Treasure Hill offers readers a lively, thoroughly researched account of one of Nevada’s richest and briefest mining booms.
Basin and Range
Author: Harlan D. UnrauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Basin
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The Early History of White Pine County, Nevada, 1865-1887 ...
Author: Russell Richard ElliottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Putnam's Magazine
Author: SP035: A Geologic and Natural History Tour Through Nevada and Arizona Along U.S. Highway 93
Author: Joseph V. TingleyPublisher: NV Bureau of Mines & Geology
ISBN: 1888035137
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: The American Catalogue of Books for 1869
Author: Frederick LeypoldtMineral Resources of the Palisade Mesa and the Wall Wilderness Study Areas, Nye County, Nevada
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antelope Wilderness (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description