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Classics
Paul, R. W. / MINING FRONTIERS OF THE FAR WEST,
1848-1880, Revised, expanded edition by Elliott West, Albuquerque, pb, 2001, 340
pages, - 1 -, $ 23
Spence, C. C. / BRITISH INVESTMENTS AND THE AMERICAN MINING FRONTIER, 1860 -
1901, Moscow, 1995, pb, 288 pages, - 1 -, $30
Spence, C. C. / MINING ENGINEERS AND THE AMERICAN WEST: The Lance-Boot Brigade,
1849 - 1933, Moscow, 1993, pb, 407 pages, - 1 -, $ 30
Miscellaneous
Mining History Books
Abbott, D. and McCoy, D. A. /
THE GILPIN RAILROAD ERA: Black Hawk, Central City, Nevadaville, Central City,
Denver. 2009, cl, 416 pages, 1 plate (inside back cover), - 1 -, $ 85
Amundson, M. A. / YELLOWCAKE
TOWNS: Uranium Mining Communities in the American West, Boulder, 2004, pb, - 1
-, $ 20
Anderson, M. M. / THE MINING CAMPS - SALINA AND
SUMMERVILLE, BOULDER COUNTY, COLORADO, Boulder, 2005, cl, 442 pages, - 1 -, $ 48
Bailey, L. R. / SHAFT FURNACES
AND BEEHIVE KILNS: A History of Smelting in the Far West, 1863 - 1900, Tucson,
2002, cl, 235 pages, - 1 -, $ 27
Bailey, R. T. / FROZEN IN SILVER: The Life &
Frontier Photography of P. E. Larson, Athens, 1998, 287 pages, pb, - 1 -, $ 25
[This book tells the story of P. E. Larson, a photographer who recorded for us
the events at Dawson and the mines of the Klondike Mining District; later he
settled in Goldfield and photographed the mines, the stores and the people of
that boom town]
Bailey, L. R. / MINES, CAMPS, RANCHES,
AND CHARACTERS OF THE DRAGOON MOUNTAINS, Tucson, 2008, pb, - 1-, $ 23
Bailey, L. R. / BISBEE: QUEEN OF THE COPPER CAMPS, revised
and enlarged, 2002, pb, 302 pages, - 1 -, $ 22
Bain, D. / GOLD PANNING IN ARIZONA, Phoenix, 1990, pb, 21
pages, - 1 -, $ 5
Bartlett, R. A. / GREAT
SURVEYS OF THE AMERICAN WEST, Norman, 1962, cl, 408 pages, - 3 -, $ 50 [Covers
the geological and geographical surveys of Hayden, King, Powell and Wheeler in
the West during the years 1867 - 1879]
Bartlett, R. A. / GREAT SURVEYS OF THE
AMERICAN WEST, Norman, 1962, pb, 410 pages, - 1 -, $ 25 [Covers the
geological and geographical surveys of Hayden, King, Powell and Wheeler in the
West during the years 1867 - 1879]
Bennett, R. H. / QUEST FOR
ORE, with a forward by Herbert Hoover, Minneapolis, 1963, cl, 410 pages, - 3 -,
$ 40
Blair, R. / THE WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS: Their Geology,
Ecology and Human History, Boulder, 1996, pb, 406 pages, $ 30
Brown, R. L. / THE PIKES PEAK GOLD RUSH, Caldwell, 1985,
124 pages, cl, numerous illustrations, - 2 -, $ 20
Brown, R. L. / THE PIKES PEAK GOLD RUSH, Caldwell,
1985, 124 pages, pb, numerous illustrations, - 2 -, now closeout priced at $ 6
Buckley, J. A. / CORNISH MINING - AT SURFACE, Penryn,
1990, pb, 32 pags, - 3 -, $ 18
Buckley, A. / THE STORY OF
MINING IN CORNWALL, Foreward by Roger Burt, Fowey, 2005, cl, 240 pages, - 1 -, $
75
Burnett, J. / HIGH LONESOME: Tales of
Bisbee and Southern Arizona, Bisbee, 1991, cl, 278 pages, - 3 -, $ 20
Canty, J. M. and Greeley, M. N., Ed. / HISTORY OF MINING IN
ARIZONA, Volume 1, Tucson, pb, 279 pages, $ 35 [contains 11 chapters covering
the early mining history of Arizona and specific coverage of selected mining
districts including the Big Bug Lead-Zinc and the Clifton-Morenci Districts]
Canty, J. M. and Greeley, M. N., Ed. / HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA, Volume
2, Tucson, pb, 293 pages, $ 35 [contains 10 chapters covering topics such as
Arizona’s silver belt, ethnic diversity in Arizona’s mining camps, Mining camp
tokens, mining at Superior and at the Tiger mines; includes 5 short stories]
Canty, J. M., Coggin, H. M., and Greeley, M. N., Ed. / HISTORY OF MINING IN
ARIZONA, Volume 3, Tucson, 1999, pb, 293 pages, $ 35 [contains 11 chapters
covering topics such as the Copper Ores of Ajo, Patagonia Area Mining Districts,
the Old Dominion Mine, Aerial Tramways in Arizona, Roots of the Calumet, and
much more]
Canty, J. M., Coggin, H. M., and Greeley, M. N., Ed. / HISTORY OF MINING IN
ARIZONA, Volume 3, Tucson, 1999, cl, 293 pages, $ 100 [contains 11 chapters
covering topics such as the Copper Ores of Ajo, Patagonia Area Mining Districts,
the Old Dominion Mine, Aerial Tramways in Arizona, Roots of the Calumet, and
much more]
Carter, W. / GHOST TOWNS OF THE WEST,
Menlo Park, 1971, cl, 255 pages, - 3 -, $ 25
Clements, E. L. / AFTER THE
BOOM IN TOMBSTONE AND JEROME, ARIZONA: Decline in Western Resource Towns, Reno,
2003, cl, 389 pages, - 1 -, $ 30
Clements, E. L. and Clements,
B. A., Ed. / 2002 MINING HISTORY ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, Denver, 2002, pb, - 1 -, $
20 [Into the Crucible: Mining, Lasting Impact on the Native American Great
Basin; Cornish Heritage Buried on the American Frontier; Industrial Espionage
1890's style: Undercover Agents in the Coeur d’Alene Mining District, more....]
Coggin, M. and Coggin, J. / RHYMES OF THE MINES: Life in the Underground,
Phoenix, 1999, pb, 141 pages, - 1 -, $ 15
Cogut, T. and Conger, B. / HISTORY OF ARIZONA’S
CLIFTON-MORENCI MINING DISTRICT, Volume 1: The Underground Days, 267 pages, and
Volume 2: The Era of Mining by Open Pit, Thatcher, 1999, pb, 275 pages, - 1 -, $
50 for set of two books
Collman, R., and Houston, G., Ed. / TRAILS AMONG THE
COLUMBINE: The Denver and Rio Grande in Creede and Lake City, Denver, 1988, cl,
plastic dust cover, 192 pages, - 1 -, $ 40 [This is the story of the Creede
Branch of the Denver & Rio Grande starting with the building of the gold camp of
Creede beginning with narrow-gauge track and concluding with standard gauge;
coverage includes excellent coverage of early Lake City; 200 photographs, 45 in
color; this book is a must for anyone interested in Creede or Lake City,
Colorado]
Conrotto, E. L. / LOST DESERT BONANZAS, 1963, cl,
278 pages, - 3 -, $ 30
Cooperman, R. / IN THE COLORADO GOLD FEVER MOUNTAINS,
Ouray, 1999, pb, 212 pages, - 1 -, $ 10 [Book is divided into 3 sections with a
different number of chapters in each section , each composed of numerous
individual stories: In the Gold Fever Mountains (4 chapters), A Coffin and a
Carved Stone (3 chapters), The Badman and the Lady (1 chapter); the entire book
is narrative poetry
Crampton, F. A. / DEEP ENOUGH: A Working Stiff in
the Western Mine Camps, Denver, 1993, pb, 281 pages, - 3 -, $ 20
Crampton, F. A. / DEEP ENOUGH: A Working Stiff in the Western Mine Camps,
Denver, 1956, cl, 275 pages, - 3 -, $ 30
Crombie, M. K., et.al. / RICH
HILL: THE HISTORY OF ARIZONA’S MOST AMAZING GOLD DISTRICT, Tucson, 2002, pb, 239
pages, - 1 -, $ 25
Cunningham, C. / CRIPPLE CREEK
BONANZA, Plano, Texas, 1996, 218 pages, pb, - 1 -, $ 10
Davis, S. / A MINER’S CHRISTMAS CAROL AND OTHER
FRONTIER TALES, Santa Cruz, 1987, cl, 86 pages, - 2 -, $ 15
Davis, W. / THE STORY OF COPPER, New
York, 1924, cl, 385 pages, slight staining on lower left corners of first 40
pages, ovg, - 3 -, $ 45
Dolph, J. / FIRE IN THE HOLE: The Untold Story of Hardrock Miners,
Pullman, 1994, pb, 170 pages, - 1 -, $ 28
Dorman, J. E. / CONFESSIONS OF A COAL
CAMP DOCTOR, Price, 1995, pb, 195 pages, - 3 -, $ 10
Dunning, C. H. and Sadler, R. / GOLD FROM CAVEMAN TO
COSMONAUT, New York, 1970, cl, 192 pages, - 5 -, numerous library stamps, scars,
etc., ovg, $ 12
Eberhart, P. / TREASURE TALES OF THE ROCKIES, Athens, 1969, 315 pages,
- 1 -, $ 18
Eichstadedt, P. H. / IF YOU POISON US, Uranium and Native Americans,
Santa Fe, 1994, cl, 263 pages, - 5 -, $ 15
Fielder, M. / LOST GOLD, Aberdeen, 1978, pb, 188 pages,
- 1 -, $ 12 [contains 22 articles about mines, gold, treasure, robbery, more]
Fisher, V. and Holmes, O. L. / GOLD RUSHES AND MINING CAMPS OF THE EARLY
AMERICAN WEST, Caldwell, 1990, cl, 466 pages, - 1 -, $ 30, price reduced for a
limited time to $ 25
Florin, L. / GHOST TOWNS OF THE WEST, 1971, cl, 872 pages, - 2 -, $ 26
Florin, L. / GHOST TOWNS OF THE WEST, 1971, cl, 872 pages,
- 3 -, $ 20
Fulton, M. G. / DIARY AND LETTERS OF JOSIAH GREGG: Volume 1: Southwestern
Enterprises 1840 - 1847, Volume 2: Excursions in Mexico and California, 1847 -
1850, Norman, 1941, Volume 1, 413 pages, Volume 2, 396 pages; - 3 -, $
125/set
Greever, W. S. / BONANZA WEST:
The Story of the Western Mining Rushes, 1948 - 1900, Moscow, 1991, pb, 430
pages, - 1 -, $ 16 [Book tells the story of Sutter’s Mill and the Mother Lode
Country in California; the Comstock and Pioche in Nevada; Silver Cliff,
Leadville, Auraria, and Cripple Creek in Colorado; Bannack, Alder Gulch, Butte,
and Phillipsburg in Montana; Elk City, Orofino, Boise, Coeur d’Alene, and the
Salmon River in Idaho; Deadwood, French Creek, and Lead in South Dakota; and
many more]
Greever, W. S. / BONANZA WEST:
The Story of the Western Mining Rushes, 1948 - 1900, Moscow, 2001, pb, 430
pages, - 1 -, $ 19 [Book tells the story of Sutter’s Mill and the Mother Lode
Country in California; the Comstock and Pioche in Nevada; Silver Cliff,
Leadville, Auraria, and Cripple Creek in Colorado; Bannack, Alder Gulch, Butte,
and Phillipsburg in Montana; Elk City, Orofino, Boise, Coeur d’Alene, and the
Salmon River in Idaho; Deadwood, French Creek, and Lead in South Dakota; and
many more]
Hagenstein, P. R. / HARDROCK MINING ON THE
PUBLIC LAND, Washington, D. C., 1977, pb, 37 pages, - 3 -, $ 15
Harte, B. / TALES OF THE GOLD RUSH, New York, 1944, cl,
223 pages, - 3 -, $ 20
Huggard, C. J. and Hughes, C.
E., Ed. / 1999 MINING HISTORY ASSOCIATION JOURNAL, Denver, 1999, pb, - 1 -, $ 20
[Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company, 1885 - 1917; Arizona and Michigan
Mining Company; Copper Chronicle: Magma Mine, Superior, Arizona; Managing a Gold
Rush: Mining of the Maxwell Land Grant, New Mexico 1867 - 1927, more...]
Huston, R. C. / A SILVER CAMP
CALLED CREEDE: A Century of Mining, Montrose, 2005, cl, 549 pages, - 1 -, $ 30
Hyde, C. K. / COPPER FOR
AMERICA: The United States Copper Industry from Colonial Times to the 1990's,
Tucson, 1998, cl, 267 pages, - 1 -, $ 45
Jackson, D. D. / GOLD DUST,
The Saga of the Forty-Niners – Their Adventures and Ordeals, Their Courage and
Greed, Their Ingenuities, Delusions, Bonanzas, and Catastrophes – In California
and on the way there, New York, 1980, cl, 361 pages, - 2 -, $ 35
Jackson, D. D. / GOLD DUST, Lincoln, 1980,
pb, 361 pages, - 2 -, $ 9
Jameson, E. / ALL THAT GLITTERS: Class, Conflict, and
Community in Cripple Creek, Urbana, 1998, pb, 367 pages, - 1 -, $ 24
Joralemon, I. B. / ADVENTURE
BEACONS, New York, 1976, cl, 487 pages, - 2 -, slight wear on edges of dust
cover, ovg, $ 28
Joralemon, I. B. / ROMANTIC COPPER, IT’S LURE AND LORE, New York, 1934, cl, 294
pages, - 3 -, $ 30
Koschmann, A. H. and Bergendahl, M. H. /
PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES, USGS PP 610, 283 pages, cl, 28
figs., - 3 - $ 30
Koschmann, A. H. and
Bergendahl, M. H. / PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES,
USGS PP 610, 1968, 283 pages, pb, 28 figs., free with any $100 order
Krause, D. J. / THE MAKING OF
A MINING DISTRICT: Keweenaw Native Copper, 1500 - 1870, Detroit, 1992, cl, 297
pages, - 1 -, retail $ 45, our price for a limited time, $ 25
Lavender, D. / RED MOUNTAIN: A Novel of the Boom Days
in Colorado, Ouray, 2000, pb, 538 pages, - 1 -, $ 10 [This is the story of the
rich silver strikes between Argent (Ouray) and Baker (Silverton); book is based
on actual historic Red Mountain Mining District events and places]
Lawliss, C. / GHOST TOWNS GAMBLERS AND GOLD, New York, 1985, cl, 223
pages, illustrations, many in color, - 1 -, $ 30
Lawson, A. C. /
ORE DEPOSITION IN AND NEAR INTRUSIVE ROCKS BY METEORIC WATERS, Berkeley, University of California Geology Bulletin
Volume 8, # 9, pages 219-242, 4 text figures, 1914, chips on cover and back, ovg,
$ 20
Lewis, M. / THE MINING FRONTIER: CONTEMPORARY
ACCOUNTS FROM THE AMERICAN WEST IN THE 19th CENTURY, Norman, 1967, cl,
231 pages, - 5 -, $ 15
Leyendecker, L. E., Bradley, C. A. and Smith, D. A. / THE RISE OF THE SILVER
QUEEN: Georgetown, Colorado, 1859 - 1896, Boulder, 2005 pb, 310 pages, - 1 -, $
23
Linderman, F. B. / QUARTZVILLE, Edited by L.
Barsness, Missoula, 1985, cl, 188 pages, - 3 -, $ 9
Lingenfelter, R. E. / THE HARDROCK MINERS: A HISTORY
OF THE MINING LABOR MOVEMENT IN THE AMERICAN WEST, 1863 - 1893, Berkeley, 1974,
cl, 278 pages, - 3 -, small tear on dust cover (repaired with tape), ovg, $ 45
Love, F. / MINING CAMPS AND GHOST TOWNS: A History of
Mining in Arizona and California Along the Lower Colorado, Tucson, 1974, cl, 192
pages, - 1 -, $ 20
Lukas, J. A. / BIG TROUBLE: A Murder in a Small
Western Town Sets Off a Struggle for the Soul of America, New York, 1997, cl,
875 pages, - 3 -, $ 25 [A tale told about Caldwell, Idaho in 1905]
Marks, P. M. / PRECIOUS DUST: Saga of the Western Gold Rushes,
Lincoln, 1994, pb, 448 pages, - 2 -, $ 20
Martelle, S. / BLOOD PASSION: THE
LUDLOW MASSACRE AND CLASS WAR IN THE AMERICAN WEST, New Brunswick, 2007, cl, 266
pages, - 1 -, $ 25 [Early in April, 1914, Colorado Governor Elias Ammons started
withdrawing the Colorado National Guard in the strike-bound southern Colorado
coal fields; later that month a battle erupted between armed strikers and the
remaining militiamen; a guerilla war later erupted for more than two hundred
miles of the eastern Rockies; this is the story that pitted labor activists,
socialists, and anarchists against the powerful business class...]
McFadden, H. A. / RAMBLES IN THE FAR WEST, Hollidaysburg, 1906, cl,
277 pages, - 3 -, $ 100 [Visiting the West in just after the turn of the Century
including visits to gold mining areas]
McHenry, R. E. / CHAT DUMPS OF THE MISSOURI LEAD
BELT, ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, MISSOURI, with an Illustrated History of the Lead
Companies that Built them, Marceline, 2006, cl, 400 pages, - 1 -, $ 55 [A
complete pictorial history of the Lead Belt of St. Francois County beginning in
1823 with numerous underground photographs, some personal history, but most of
the book is dedicated to the mines, mining, railroads, conveyors, smelting,
etc.]
Mellinger, P. J. / RACE AND LABOR IN WESTERN COPPER,
Tucson, 1995, cl, - 1 -, $ 45
Miller, C. W. / THE AUTOMOBILE GOLD RUSHES AND DEPRESSION ERA MINING,
Moscow, 1998, cl, 200 pages, - 1 -, $ 30 [Book covers the second gold rush which
took place during the 1930's during the Great Depression when individuals had no
prospect of a job and headed for the western streams and rivers hoping to strike
it rich; many of these people lived on site in their cars]
Mogensen, P. and Hunter, E. / A CONCISE HISTORY OF
MINE HOISTING from its earliest beginnings through Winfield Scott Stratton’s
Independence Hoist, Colorado Springs, 2002, pb, 40 pages, - 1 -, $ 10
Moynihan, R. B., et.al. Editors / SO MUCH TO BE
DONE: Women Settlers on the Mining and Ranching Frontier, Lincoln, 1990, 1st
Edition, pb, 325 pages, - 1 -, $ 12
Moynihan, R. B., Armitage, S., and Dichamp, C. F.,
Ed. / SO MUCH TO BE DONE: Women Settlers on the Mining and Ranching Frontier,
Lincoln, 1990, 2nd Edition, pb, 353 pages, - 1 -, $ 17
Morrison, T. / HARDROCK GOLD: A Miner’s Tale,
Norman, 1992, cl, 296 pages, - 1 -, $ 26
Morrison, T. / HARDROCK GOLD: A Miner’s Tale,
Norman, 1992, cl, 296 pages, - 5 -, $ 15
Myers, J. M. / TOMBSTONE’S EARLY YEARS, Lincoln, 1995, 260
pages, pb, bibliography, index, - 1 -, $12
Nelson, D. / THE MINING DIRECTORY, 4th Edition, 1988,
Cambridge, cl, 715 pages, - 2 -, $ 65 [Mines and Mining Equipment
Companies Worldwide]
Ninnemann, J. L. and Smith, D. A. / SAN
JUAN BONANZA, WESTERN COLORADO'S MINING LEGACY, Albuquerque, 2006, cl, 84 pages,
- 1 -, $ 25Owen, K. N. / GOLD RUSH SAINTS:
California Mormons and the Great Rush for Riches, Norman, 2004, pb, 396 pages, -
1 -, $ 20
Parry, W. T. / ALL VEINS, LODES, AND
LEDGES THROUGHOUT THEIR ENTIRE DEPTH: Geology and the Apex Law in Utah Mines,
Salt Lake City, 2004, cl, 139 pages, - 1 -, $ 30
Parsons, A. B. / 75 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN THE MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1871 -
1946, New York, 1947, cl, 817 pages, $ 35 [Published by AIME]
Paul, R. W. / MINING FRONTIERS OF THE FAR WEST -
1948-1880, A Revised, Expanded Edition by Elliott West, Albuquerque, 2001, pb,
340 pages, - 1 -, $ 23
Peterson, R. H. / THE BONANZA KINGS: The Social Origins and Business Behavior of
Western Mining Entrepreneurs, 1870-1900, 1991, Norman, 191 pages, - 1 -.
one copy free with any $ 100 order while supply lasts
Plazak, D. / A HOLE IN THE GROUND WITH A LIAR AT THE
TOP: Fraud and Deceit in the Golden Age of American Mining, Salt Lake City,
2006, cl, 374 pages, - 3 -, $ 26
Randol International / RANDOL GOLD DIRECTORY, 1988,
Golden, 1988, pb, - 3 -, $ 40
Reyher, K. / SILVER AND SAWDUST: Life in the San Juans,
Ouray, 2000, pb, 194 pages, - 1 -, $ 13
Rickard, T. A. / A HISTORY OF
AMERICAN MINING, New York, 1932, cl, 419 - 3 -, $ 40
Ring, B., Ring, A., and Cahoon, T. P. / FROM
SOUTHERN ARIZONA’S ORO BLANCO REGION: RUBY, ARIZONA - MINING, MAYHEM, AND
MURDER, Tucson, 2005, pb, 257 pages, - 1 -, $ 20
Rosenblum, J. D. / COPPER CRUCIBLE: How the Arizona Miner’s Strike of 1983
Recast Labor - Management Relations in America, Ithaca, 1995, pb, 256 pages, - 2
-, $ 22
Rosenblum, J. D. / COPPER CRUCIBLE: How the Arizona Miner’s Strike of 1983
Recast Labor - Management Relations in America, Ithaca, 1995, pb, 256 pages, - 3
-, $ 18
Scamehorn, H. L. / MILL & MINE, THE CF&I IN THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY, Lincoln, 1992, 247 pages, cl, - 1 -, $ 25 [The CF&I owned and operated
properties in five states, not just Colorado; read about the birth, growth,
development, and demise of this major metallurgical and fuel company of the West
which had its own stores and towns. A fascinating story from John D. Rockefeller
to the Coal Miner’s Strike of 1913-14 to the war years, post-war years and
beyond]
Scamehorn, H. L. / ALBERT EUGENE REYNOLDS: Colorado’s Mining King, Norman,
1995, 308 pages, cl, - 1 -, $ 15 [Covers the life of a man destined to
make a fortune thought to be as much as $60 million as the
owner of the Palmetto Mine near Lake City, the Virginius and Revenue Tunnel near
Ouray, the Cimarron Mine at Telluride, and the Commodore Mine at Creede,
eventually managing 600 claims on 6,000 acres of mineral land]
Schieffelin, E. / DESTINATION TOMBSTONE: Adventures of a
Prospector, Mesa, 1996, pb, 134 pages, - 1 -, $ 14
Silverberg, R. / GHOST TOWNS OF THE AMERICAN WEST, Athens, 1968, pb, 309
pages, - 1 -, $ 15
Silverberg, R. / GHOST TOWNS OF THE AMERICAN WEST, Athens, 1968, cl, 309
pages, - 5 -, $ 10
Simpson, C. / LIFE IN THE
MINES; or, Crime Agenged including thrilling adventures among Miners and
Outlaws, Chicago, 1905, cl, 343 pages, - 3 -, $ 45
Singewald, J. T., Jr. / MINING DISTRICTS OF THE EASTERN STATES, GPO,
Washington, 1932, afb, Guidebook 2: Excursion A-2, 161 pages, 13 plates, 47
figs., - 3 -, $ 40
Smith, D. A. and Brown, R. C.
/ NO ONE AILING EXCEPT A PHYSICIAN: MEDICINE IN THE MINING WEST, 1848 -1919,
Boulder, 2001, cl, 160 pages, - 1 -, $ 35
Smith, D. A. / ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST: Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana, 1859 -
1915, Albuquerque, 1992, pb, 290 pages, - 1 -, $ 25
Smith, D. A. / MINING AMERICA: THE INDUSTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 1800
- 1980, Niwot, Colorado, 1987, pb, 210 pages, - 1 -, $
18
Smith, D. A. / SONG OF THE HAMMER AND DRILL: The
Colorado San Juans, 1860 - 1914, Norman, 2001, pb, 248 pages, - 1 -, $ 25
Smith, P. D. / MOUNTAINS OF SILVER: The
Story of Colorado’s Red Mountain Mining District, Boulder, 1999, 236 pages, - 1
-, $ 17
Smith, D. A. / SAN JUAN GOLD: A Mining Engineer’s
Adventures, 1879 - 1881, Montrose, 2002, pb, 135 pages, - 1 -, $ 13
Snyder, C. / "THAT FLOOD OF GOLD," 1896, original article from the
American Review of Reviews, February issue, pages 167 - 172, 6 illustrations, $
5
Spence, C. C. / BRITISH INVESTMENTS AND THE AMERICAN MINING
FRONTIER, 1860 - 1901, Moscow, 1995, pb, 288 pages, - 1 -, $30
Spence, C. C. / BRITISH INVESTMENTS AND THE AMERICAN MINING FRONTIER,
1860 - 1901, Moscow, 1995, pb, 288 pages, - 2 -, small tear in cover, repaired,
ovg, only one copy at this price, $ 20
Spence, C. C. / MINING ENGINEERS AND THE AMERICAN WEST: The Lance-Boot
Brigade, 1849 - 1933, Moscow, 1993, pb, 407 pages, - 1 -, $ 30
Stevens, H. J. / THE COPPER HANDBOOK: A
Manual of the Copper Industry of the World, Volume VI, Houghton, 1906, cl, 1116
pages, 66 pages of advertisements, front edge plate replated, ovg, - 5 -, $ 495
Stone, I. / MEN TO MATCH MY MOUNTAINS: The Opening of the Far West, 1840 -
1900, 1st Edition, Garden City, 1956, cl, 459 pages, - 3 -, $ 30
Stone, I. / MEN TO MATCH MY MOUNTAINS: The Opening
of the Far West, 1840 - 1900, 1st Edition, Garden City, 1956, cl, 459 pages, - 5
-, $ 10
Storm, B. / THUNDER GOD’S GOLD WITH
DEDICATION, INTRODUCTION AND FINAL CHAPTER by R. Schoose, Apache Junction, 1986,
pb, 53 pages, - 3 -, $ 15
Taylor, B. / ELDORADO or Adventures in the Path of Empire [comprising a
voyage to California, via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures
of the Gold Region; experiences of Mexican Travel, Lincoln, 1988, pb, (original
copyright 1949), 375 pages, - 1 -, one copy free with any order
Thayer, W. M. / MARVELS OF THE WEST, A Vivid Portrayal of the Stupendous
Marvels in the Vast Wonderland West of the Missouri River, Six Books in One
Volume, comprising marvels of Nature, Marvels of Race, Marvels of Enterprise,
Marvels of Mining, Marvels of Stock-raising, and
Marvels of Agriculture, 350 engravings and maps, Norwich, 1887, cl, 715 pages,
slight wear and staining on edges of last several pages of text, - 3 -, $ 75
Thompson, R. C. / CLIMAX MOLYDBENUM COMPANY, Scrapbook
containing a one page introduction and 28 black and white photographs)
approximately 8 x 10" in size, of the security system in place at Climax during
World War II (1941 - 1944), - 3 -, $100
Trennert, R. A. / RIDING THE HIGH WIRE: Aerial Mine Tramways in the West,
Norman, 2001, cl, 176 pages, - 1 -, $ 45
Twitty, E. / RICHES TO RUST: A Guide to Mining in the Old
West, Montrose, 2002, pb, 390 pages, - 1 -, $ 20
Twitty, E. / BLOWN TO BITS IN THE MINE: A History of Mining and Explosives
in the United States, Ouray, 2001, cl, 208 pages, - 1 -, $ 23
Twitty, E. / BASINS OF SILVER: The Story of Silverton,
Colorado’s Las Animas Mining District, Lake City, 2008, cl, 386 pages, - 1 -, $
35
Twitty, E. / BASINS OF SILVER: The Story of Silverton,
Colorado’s Las Animas Mining District, Lake City, 2008, pb, 386 pages, - 1 -, $
29
USBM / MINING AND MINERAL OPERATIONS IN THE NEW
ENGLAND AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES: A Visitor Guide, Washington, D. C., 1976, pb,
72 pages, - 5 -, $ 20
Vicker, R. / THE REALMS OF GOLD: The Story of Man’s
Most Precious Metal in all its many roles — from the Days of the Egyptians to
today’s Dollar, New York, 1975, cl, 244 pages, - 3 -, $ 15
Voynick, S. M. / CLIMAX: The History of
Colorado’s Climax Molybdenum Mine, Missoula, 1996, pb, 366 pages, - 1 -, $ 20
Watkins, T. H. / GOLD & SILVER IN THE WEST,
Palo Alto, 1971, cl, 287 pages, - 3 -, $ 60
Weston, W. / DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLET OF THE PRINCIPAL
MINES AND PROSPECTS OF OURAY & SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES 1882-3 IN THE SAN JUAN GOLD
AND SILVER REGION, 2006, pb, 163 pages, - 1 -, $ 12
Willison, G. F. / THE GOLD RUSH: The Search
for Treasure in the American West, New York, 1992, cl, 299 pages, - 1 -, $ 20
Winters, W. / FORGOTTEN MINES AND TREASURES, Tombstone, 1972, pb, - 3 -
<and> Murray, E. / GHOSTS OF THE OLD WEST, New York, 1988, cl, - 1 - <and>
Reinstedt. R. A. / MONTEREY’S MOTHER LODE, Carmel, 1977, pb, 103 pages, - 2
-, all three books are free with any $ 40 order from this catalog
Wolle, M. S. / THE BONANZA TRAIL: Ghost Towns and
Mining Camps of the West, Bloomington, 1953, cl, 510 pages, - 2 -, $ 55
Young, O. E. / WESTERN MINING: An Informal Account of Precious-Metals,
Prospecting, Placering, Lode Mining, and Milling of the American Frontier from
Spanish Times to 1893, Norman, 1987, pb, 342 pages, - 1 -, $ 25
Young, O. E. / BLACK POWDER AND HAND STEEL: Miners and
Machines on the Old Western Frontier, Norman, 1976, cl, 196 pages, - 3 -, $ 65 [The author traces the evolution over hundreds of years of the miner's
most important tools: from hoisting bucket to mine elevator, cold mining to
dynamite, ore car to skip, hemp to wire rope, and slow match to Bickford fuse;
also described are how advances in mining machinery and equipment were prompted
by specific mining problems, such as the transfer of ore from mine face to the
concentrator; other chapters describe prospecting, mining, the miners, etc.]
Young, O. E. / BLACK POWDER
AND HAND STEEL: Miners and Machines on the Old Western Frontier, Norman, 1976,
cl, 196 pages, - 5 -, $ 40
Zanjani, S. / A MINE OF
HER OWN: Women Prospectors in the American West, 1850 - 1950, Lincoln, 1999, cl,
387 pages, - 1 -, $ 35
Zanjani, S. / A MINE OF HER OWN: Women Prospectors
in the American West, 1850 - 1950, Lincoln, 2000, pb, 387 pages, - 1 -, $ 18
Zhu, L. / A CHINAMAN’S CHANCE: The Chinese on the Rocky Mountain Mining
Frontier, Boulder, 1997, pb, 231 pages, - 1 -, $ 22
Zuidema, H. P. Ed. / THE MIRACLE OF “MOLY,”
ONE MINE (CLIMAX) PRODUCES HALF OF THE WORLD’S SUPPLY, In: Earth Science Digest,
Volume 2, # 4, December 1947, pb, 36 pages, - 5 -, $ 20 or free with any
purchase of $100 from this page [other articles in this issue: What happened to
the Dinosaurs, Iron from under the Sea (Newfoundland), Fossil insects from
Montana, more...]
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