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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, 204 pages, - 1 -, $ 20 Bailey, L. R. / SUPPLYING THE MINING WORLD: THE MINING EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS OF SAN FRANCISCO, 1850-1900, Tucson, 1996, 133 pages, - 2 -, $ 69 Bailey, L. R. / SHAFT FURNACES AND BEEHIVE KILNS: A HISTORY OF SMELTING IN THE FAR WEST, 1863 - 1900, Tucson, 2002, cl, 235 pages, - 1 -, $ 59 Bailey, R. T. / FROZEN IN SILVER: THE LIFE & FRONTIER PHOTOGRAPHY OF P. E. LARSON, Athens, 1998, 287 pages, pb, $ 45 [This book tells the story of Larson, a photographer who recorded for us the events at Dawson and the mines of the 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 Bakewell, P. / SILVER AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ANTONIO LÓPEZ DE QUIROGA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, Dallas, 1988, pb, 250 pages, - 2 -, $ 10 Bartlett, R. A. / GREAT SURVEYS OF THE AMERICAN WEST, Norman, 1962, pb, 410 pages, - 1 -, $ 25; another copy, cloth bound, - 3 -, $ 35 Beck, W. A. and Haase, Y. D. / HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE AMERICAN WEST, Norman, 1989, pb, 78 sections, list of land grants, references, index, - 1 -, $ 20 Blair, K. R. / LADIES OF THE LAMPLIGHT, Montrose, 2000, pb, 108 pages, - 1 -, $ 8 Brown, R. L. / THE PIKES PEAK GOLD RUSH, Caldwell, 1985, 124 pages, cl, - 2 -, $ 20 Brown, R. L. / THE PIKES PEAK GOLD RUSH, Caldwell, 1985, 124 pages, pb, numerous illustrations, - 2 -, $ 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 Bunyak, D. / FROTHERS, BUBLES, AND FLOTATION: A SURVEY OF FLOTATION MILLING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY METALS INDUSTRY, Denver, 1998, pb, 92 pages, - 1 -, $ 55 Burt, R., et.al. / MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON, MINES AND MEN, A ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE MINES, MINERAL OWNERSHIP, AND MINE MANAGEMENT IN THE SOUTHWEST OF ENGLAND, Exeter, 2014, pb, 251 pages, cd, - 1 -, $ 45 Carpenter, J. A. THE HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH, Nevada Bureau of Mines B 51, Reno, 1900-1950, Reno, pb, 153 pages, 12 illustrations, $ 15 Chambers, F. / HAYDEN AND HIS MEN, Dillsburgh, 1988, pb, introduction, 108 photos, - 2 -, $ 20 Chartier, J. and Enss, C. / WITH GREAT HOPE: Women of the California Gold Rush, Helena, 2000, pb, 127 pages, - 1 -, $ 11 Chrisman, H. E. / 1001 MOST-ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AMERICAN WEST, Athens, 1982, pb, 349 pages, - 1 -, $ 15 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....] Clements, E. L. / AFTER THE BOOM IN TOMBSTONE AND JEROME, ARIZONA: Decline in Western Resource Towns, Reno, 2003, cl, 389 pages, - 1 -, $ 30 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 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 Cunningham, C. / CRIPPLE CREEK BONANZA, Plano, Texas, 1996, 218 pages, pb, - 1 -, $ 10 Curtis, K. A. / GAMBLING ON ORE - THE NATURE OF METAL MINING IN THE UNITED STATES, 1860-1910, Boulder, 2013, cl, 231 pages, - 1 -, $ 39 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 Douglas, E. A. and Nylen, R. A., Ed. / LETTERS FROM THE NEVADA FRONTIER, CORRESPONDENCE OF TASKER L. ODDIE, 1898 - 1902, Norman, 1992, cl, 392 pages, - 1 -, $ 16 Eberhart, P. / TREASURE TALES OF THE ROCKIES, Athens, 1969, 315 pages, - 1 -, $ 18 Fell, J. E., Jr. / ORES TO METALS: THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMELTING INDUSTRY, Lincoln, 1979, pb, 341 pages, - 2 -, $ 27 Fisher, V. and Holmes, O. L. / GOLD RUSHES AND MINING CAMPS OF THE EARLY AMERICAN WEST, Caldwell, 1990, cl, 466 pages, - 1 -, $ 30 Flawn, P. T. and Beckley, P. W. / SILVER IN THE SIERRA MADRE, THE STORY OF THE SANTA CRUZ MINE, Austin, 2002, cl, cl, 500 pages, - 3 -, $ 27 Florin, L. / GHOST TOWNS OF THE WEST, Victoria, 1971, cl, 872 pages, - 3 -, slight wear to dust cover, ovg, $ 30 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] Huggard, C. J. and Humble, T. M. / SANTA RITA DEL COBRE: A COPPER MINING COMMUNITY (which was swallowed by the industry that created it), Boulder, 2012, pb, 252 pages, - 1 -, $ 26 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 Ingham, G. T. / DIGGING GOLD AMONG THE ROCKIES, OR EXCITING ADVENTURES OF WILD CAMP LIFE IN LEADVILLE, BLACK HILLS, AND THE GUNNISON COUNTRY, Lake City, 2008, pb, 450 pages, - 1 -, $ 29.95 retail, our price, $ 25 James, R. M. and Raymond, C.E. / COMSTOCK WOMEN: The Making of a Mining Community, Reno, 1998, 394 pages, pb, - 1 -, $ 25 [This is the story of the role of women played in the development of Virginia City as mining continued on the Comstock Lode] Jameson, E. / ALL THAT GLITTERS: Class, Conflict, and Community in Cripple Creek, Urbana, 1998, pb, 367 pages, - 1 -, $ 24 Joralemon, I. B. / ROMANTIC COPPER, IT’S LURE AND LORE, New York, 1934, cl, 294 pages, - 3 -, $ 35 Koschmann, A. H. and Bergendahl, M. H. / PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES, USGS PP 610, 283 pages, cl, 28 figs., - 3 -, $ 45 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 Krause, D. J. / THE MAKING OF A MINING DISTRICT: Keweenaw Native Copper, 1500 - 1870, Detroit, 1992, cl, 297 pages, - 1 -, retail $ 45, our price $ 25 Levy, J. / THEY SAW THE ELEPHANT: Women in the California Gold Rush, Norman, 1992, pb, 265 pages, - 1 -, $ 20 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 chip 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, 1994, pb, 448 pages, $ 25 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...] Mather, R. E. and Boswell, F. E. / GOLD CAMP DESPARADOES: VIOLENCE, CRIME, AND PUNISHMENT ON THE MINING FRONTIER, Norman, 1993, pb, 218 pages, - 1 -, $ 18 Mayer, M. J. / KLONDIKE WOMEN: True Tales of the 1897 - 1898 Gold Rush, Athens, 1989, cl, 267 pages, $ 35 [This is a collection of historical photographs and first hand accounts of the adventures, challenges, and disappointments of women on the trails to the Klondike Gold Fields] Mayer, M. J. / KLONDIKE WOMEN: True Tales of the 1897 - 1898 Gold Rush, Athens, 1989, pb, 267 pages, $ 19 [This is a collection of historical photographs and first hand accounts of the adventures, challenges, and disappointments of women on the trails to the Klondike Gold Fields] McFadden, H. A. / RAMBLES IN THE FAR WEST, Hollidaysburg, 1906, cl, 277 pages, vg, $ 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] Moynihan, R. B., Armitage, S., and Dichamp, C. F., Ed. / SO MUCH TO BE DONE: WOMEN SETTLERS ON THE MINING AND RANCHING FRONTIER, 2nd Edition, Lincoln, 1998, pb, 353 pages, - 1 -, $ 22 Morrison, T. / HARDROCK GOLD: A Miner’s Tale, Norman, 1992, cl, 296 pages, - 1 -, $ 26 Murbarger, N. / GHOSTS OF THE GLORY TRAIL, Las Vegas, 1983, pb, 291 pages, - 3 -, $ 15 Nash, J. / WE EAT THE MINES AND THE MINES EAT US: DEPENDENCY AND EXPLOITATION IN BOLIVIAN TIN MINES, New York, 1993, pb, 363 pages, - 2 -, $ 29 Ninnemann, J. L. and Smith, D. A. / SAN JUAN BONANZA, WESTERN COLORADO'S MINING LEGACY, Albuquerque, 2006, cl, 84 pages, - 1 -, $ 25 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 Paul, W. / MINING LORE, AN ILLUSTRATED COMPOSITION AND DOCUMENTARY COMPILATION WITH EMPHASIS ON THE SPIRIT AND HISTORY OF MINING, Portland, 1971, cl, 940 pages, - 3 -, $ 55 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 -, $ 8 Phillips, P. C., Ed. / PROSPECTING FOR GOLD FROM DOGTOWN TO VIRGINIA CITY, 1852 - 1864, by Granville Stuart, Lincoln, 1977, pb, 272 pages, - 3 -, $ 15 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, - 1 -, $ 30 Reyher, K. / SILVER AND SAWDUST: Life in the San Juans, Ouray, 2000, pb, 194 pages, - 1 -, $ 13 Rickard, T. A. / THE ROMANCE OF MINING, Toronto, 1945, cl, 450 pages, - 3 -, unmarked, as new, $ 29 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 Sagstetter, B. And Sagstetter, B. / THE MINING CAMPS SPEAK: A New Way to Explore the Ghost Towns of the American West, Denver, 1998, pb, 283 pages, - 2 -, $ 20 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 -, $ 18 [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] Scamehorn, H. L., et.al. / THE BUCKEYE ROVERS IN THE GOLD RUSH, AN EDITION OF TWO DIARIES, Athens, 1989, cl, 239 pages, - 1 -, $ 20 Schieffelin, E. / DESTINATION TOMBSTONE: Adventures of a Prospector, Mesa, 1996, pb, 134 pages, - 1 -, $ 14 Schwantes, C. A. / VISION & ENTERPRISE: EXPLORING THE HISTORY OF PHELPS DODGE CORPORATION, Tucson, 2000, cl, 464 pages, - 1 -, retail $ 65, our price $ 50 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, 1932, afb, International Geological Congress, Guidebook 2: Excursion A-2, 161 pages, 13 plates, 47 figs., $ 10 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. / MINING AMERICA: THE INDUSTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 1800 - 1980, Niwot, 1987, pb, 210 pages, - 1 -, $ 5 Smith, D. A. / ROCKY MOUNTAIN MINING CAMPS, Lincoln, 1967, pb, 304 pages, ink stain on the extreme tops of several pages, ovg, - 3 -, $ 15 Smith, D. A. / STAKING A CLAIM IN HISTORY: THE EVOLUTION OF HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY, Walnut Creek, 2001, cl, 215 pages, - 1 -, $ 30 Smith, D. A. / THE TRAIL OF GOLD AND SILVER: MINING IN COLORADO, 1859 - 2009, Boulder, 2009, pb, 209 pages, - 1 -, $ 26 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, $ 20 Spence, C. C. / MINING ENGINEERS AND THE AMERICAN WEST: The Lance-Boot Brigade, 1849 - 1933, Moscow, 1993, pb, 407 pages, - 1 -, $ 30 Stone, I. / MEN TO MATCH MY MOUNTAINS: THE OPENING OF THE FAR WEST, 1840 - 1900, edited by Lewis Gannett, 2nd Edition, Edison, 2001, cl, 459 pages, - 1 -, $ 30 Strathbogey, J. / CONFESSIONS OF A CORNISH MINER, SILVER ISLET, 1870 - 1884, Thunder Bay, 1987, pb, 195 pages, - 2 -, $ 24 Taylor, R. W. and Taylor, S. W. / URANIUM FEVER OR NO TALK UNDER $1 MILLION, New York, 1970, cl, 400 pages, - 3 -, $ 20 Trennert, R. A. / RIDING THE HIGH WIRE: AERIAL MINE TRAMWAYS IN THE WEST, Norman, 2001, cl, 176 pages, - 1 -, $ 40 Trennert, R. A. / RIDING THE HIGH WIRE: AERIAL MINE TRAMWAYS IN THE WEST, Norman, 2001, pb, 176 pages, - 1 -, $ 21 Twitty, E. / RICHES TO RUST: A GUIDE TO MINING IN THE OLD WEST, Montrose, 2002, pb, 390 pages, - 1 -, $ 32 Twitty, E. / BLOWN TO BITS IN THE MINE: A HISTORY OF MINING AND EXPLOSIVES IN THE UNITED STATES, Ouray, 2001, cl, 208 pages, - 1 -, $ 22 Twitty, E. / BASINS OF SILVER: THE STORY OF SILVERTON, COLORADO’S LAS ANIMAS MINING DISTRICT, Lake City, 2008, cl, 386 pages, - 1 -, $ 32 West, E. / CONTESTED PLAINS: INDIANS, GOLDSEEKERS, AND THE RUSH TO COLORADO, Lawrence, 1998, cl, 422 pages, - 1 -, $ 16 Wilson, A. J. / THE PICK AND THE PEN, AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF MINING JOURNALISM AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST INDUSTRIES, Surrey, 1979, cl, 308 pages, - 2 -, $ 45 Wilson, R. / THE EXPLORER KING: ADVENTURE, SCIENCE, AND THE GREAT DIAMOND HOAX, CLARENCE KING IN THE OLD WEST, New York, 2006, cl, 303 pages, - 2 -, $ 22 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 Zhu, L. / A CHINAMAN’S CHANCE: The Chinese on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier, Boulder, 1997, pb, 231 pages, - 1 -, $ 22 End of the Classic Mining History Catalog (with more history and less geology)! Want to see the catalog above with some geology? Click Here >> Mining History Click any link to continue. Home Page Catalogs on this Website Mineral Specimens Mineralogy Books Select Mineral Books Rock, Gem, and Mineral Books Select Railroad Books American Institute of Mining Engineers Geology Books U.S. State Geology Maps available on this website USBM Publications USGS Publications Ore Deposits Paleontology Books |
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