Author: Nevada. Department of Economic DevelopmentPublisher:
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Category : Esmeralda County (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Prospector Country Nevada
Author: Nevada. Department of Economic DevelopmentPublisher:
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Category : Esmeralda County (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Portrait of a Prospector
Author: Edward SchieffelinPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806161493
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Edward “Ed” Schieffelin (1847–1897) was the epitome of the American frontiersman. A former Indian scout, he discovered what would become known as the legendary Tombstone, Arizona, silver lode in 1877. His search for wealth followed a path well-trod by thousands who journeyed west in the mid to late nineteenth century to try their luck in mining country. But unlike typical prospectors who spent decades futilely panning for gold, Schieffelin led an epic life of wealth and adventure. In Portrait of a Prospector, historian R. Bruce Craig pieces together the colorful memoirs and oral histories of this singular individual to tell Schieffelin’s story in his own words. Craig places the prospector’s family background and times into context in an engaging introduction, then opens Schieffelin’s story with the frontiersman’s accounts of his first prospecting attempts at ten years old, his flight from home at twelve to search for gold, and his initial wanderings in California, Nevada, and Utah. In direct, unsentimental prose, Schieffelin describes his expedition into Arizona Territory, where army scouts assured him that he “would find no rock . . . but his own tombstone.” Unlike many prospectors who simply panned for gold, Schieffelin took on wealthy partners who invested the enormous funds needed for hard rock mining. He and his co-investors in the Tombstone claim became millionaires. Restless in his newfound life of wealth and leisure, Schieffelin soon returned to exploration. Upon his early death in Oregon he left behind a new strike, the location of which remains a mystery. Collecting the words of an exceptional figure who embodied the western frontier, Craig offers readers insight into the mentality of prospector-adventurers during an age of discovery and of limitless potential. Portrait of a Prospector is highly recommended for undergraduate western history survey courses.
A Mine of Her Own
Author: Sally ZanjaniPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803299160
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
prospectors for the first time. Sally Zanjani depicts more than one hundred women prospectors in often grueling, financially unrewarding, and utterly lonely efforts to strike it rich from the desert Southwest to the frozen rocks of Alaska and the Yukon. She tells their stories with warmth and skill and, in bringing them to life, forever changes our mental picture of the women who helped shape the modern West.
Prospector, Cowhand, and Sodbuster
Author: United States. National Park ServicePublisher:
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Statistics of Mines and Mining in the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains
Author: Rossiter Worthington RaymondPublisher:
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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The Prospector's Handbook
Author: John William AndersonPublisher:
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Category : Prospecting
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Prospector's and Miner's Manual
Author: Orville Hugh PackerPublisher:
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Catalog of Copyright Entries
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher:
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Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1726
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Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada (Classic Reprint)
Author: Maureen G. JohnsonPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331313765
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Excerpt from Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada Following the discovery of placers at Gold Canyon, placer discoveries in Nevada were broadly in three periods: the 1860's to 1880's, when many small deposits throughout the State were discovered and sporadically worked and several large placers were discovered and extensively worked; the short period between 1906 and 1910, when very rich placers were dis covered at Lynn, Battle Mountain, Manhattan, and Round Mountain; the early 1930's, when economic conditions created by the depression caused a renewed interest in placer mining, and many individuals sought, and a few discovered, new placer areas throughout the State. The location of the placers described in this report is shown on plate 1. Very little factual information can be found about the early periods of placer mining in Nevada. For many placers, the only reports available are hearsay estimates of production and speculations about the extent of the placer ground based on remnants of placer pits, shafts, and other workings. Many of the placers said to have had a high production between 1860 and 1890 were worked by Chinese miners who came to Nevada dur ing the building of the railroads and stayed on to work at mining and other activities. The Chinese were reputed to be secretive with their earnings from the placers and did not ship the gold to the mint by Wells Fargo or other shippers. They worked the gravels very thoroughly in areas where American miners did not wish to expend great labor to win the gold. The placers in the Sierra and Spring Valley districts, Pershing County, were worked by Chinese miners; they have a very high estimated production before 1900 and a comparatively low known production since that time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Statistics of Mines and Mining in the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains
Author: United States. Department of the TreasuryPublisher:
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Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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