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MS Book and Mineral Company Miscellaneous Mining History This catalog has been expanded to include a wider range of literature:  Mining Camps, Ghost Towns, Foreign Investment, Miners, Women and the Fontier Experience, Railroads, Gold Rush, Gold Fever, early travel into the West, with an emphasis on the years 1860 - 1925

New additions and price changes noted in this color Mining History 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 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, 204 pages, - 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, $ 25 [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 Bain, D. / GOLD PANNING IN ARIZONA, Phoenix, 1990, pb, 21 pages, - 1 -, $ 5 Bartlett, J. R. / PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF EXPLORATIONS AND INCIDENTS IN TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, CALIFORNIA, SONORA, AND CHIHUAHUA - 1850 - 1853, 2 volume set: volume 1 - 506 pages, volume 2 - 624 pages; Chicago, 1965, cl, - 5 -, $ 150 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] 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 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 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 -, $ 79.95 retail, our introductory price $ 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] 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 Carter, W. / GHOST TOWNS OF THE WEST, Menlo Park, 1971, cl, 255 pages, - 3 -, $ 25 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 Cline, G. G. / EXPLORING THE GREAT BASIN, Westport, 1963, cl, 254 pages, - 1 -, $ 23Coggin, 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] 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 Cruz, G. R. / LET THERE BE TOWNS: SPANISH MUNICIPAL ORIGINS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST, 1610-1810, College Station, pb, 236 pages, - 1 -, $ 16 Cunningham, C. / CRIPPLE CREEK BONANZA, Plano, Texas, 1996, 218 pages, pb, - 1 -, $ 10 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 Douglas, W. A. and Nylen, R. A. / LETTERS FROM THE NEVADA FRONTIER: Correspondence of Tasker L. Oddie, 1898 - 1902, Norman, 1992, cl, 392 pages, - 1 -, regular price $ 30, or one copy free with any $ 100 order Dugan, M. / THE MAKING OF LEGENDS: More true stories of Frontier America, Athens, 1997, pb, 272 pages, - 1 -, $ 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 Eide, H. / THE NORWEGIAN: A ROLLICKING TALE OF WILD TRAILS AND THE LURE OF GOLD, Edmonds, 1987, pb, 128 pages, - 3 -, $ 10 Erodes, R. / SALOONS OF THE OLD WEST, New York, 1979, cl, 277 pages, - 2 -, $ 18 Fisher, V. and Holmes, O. L. / GOLD RUSHES AND MINING CAMPS OF THE EARLY AMERICAN WEST, Caldwell, 1990, cl, 466 pages, - 1 -, $ 30 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 Fowler, J. / THE JOURNAL OF JACOB FOWLER, edited, with notes by Elliott Coues, Minneapolis, 1965, cl, 183 pages, price clipped, - 2 -, $ 40 [Book is the narration of an adventure from Arkansas through Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico to the Sources of the Rio Grande Del Norte, 1821 - 22] 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] Hacker, S. P. / A GOLD MINER’S DAUGHTER, MEMOIRS OF A MOUNTAIN CHILDHOOOD, Boulder, 1996, pb, 198 pages, - 1 -, $ 14 Hagenstein, P. R. / HARDROCK MINING ON THE PUBLIC LAND, Washington, D. C., 1977, pb, 37 pages, - 3 -, $ 15 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 Ingersoll, E. / KNOCKING ROUND THE ROCKIES, Norman, 1994, pb, 220 pages, - 1 -, $ 14 [Ingersoll was a member of the Hayden Geological Survey of the West in 1874; the book records what he saw and learned about the West] 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 Jackson, L. A. / THE MULE MEN: A History of Stock Packing in the Sierra Nevada, Missoula, 2004, pb, 256 pages, - 1 -, $ 12 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. / ADVENTURE BEACONS, New York, 1976, cl, 487 pages, - 2 - or - 3 -, slight wear on edges of dust cover, ovg, $ 30 Joralemon, I. B. / ROMANTIC COPPER, IT’S LURE AND LORE, New York, 1934, cl, 294 pages, - 3 -, $ 35 Kellar, P. H. / SETH BULLOCK’S THE FOUNDING OF A COUNTY, from his Records of 1876 of the founding of Lawrence County, South Dakota, Deadwood, 1986, pb, 80 pages, - 1 -, $ 8 Kellar, C. K. / SETH BULLOCK: Frontier Marshall - Deadwood, Aberdeen, 2004, pb, 191 pages, - 1 -, $ 18 [Seth Bullock, a Sheriff of Montana Territory, became the Marshall of Deadwood in 1876 (shortly after Wild Bill Hickok had been shot); his job was to bring law and or order to Deadwood] Koch, A. C. / JOURNEY THROUGH A PART OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA IN THE YEARS 1844 - 1846, Carbondale, 1972, cl, 177 pages, - 1 -, $ 12 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, pb, 28 figs., - 3 -, $ 30 or one copy free with any $100 order from this catalog while supply lasts 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 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 Ledbetter, S. / NELLIE CASHMAN: Prospector and Trailblazer, El Paso, 1993, 83 pages, vg, $ 10 [This is the story of an Irish women who came to American with “gold fever.” The story is based in Tucson, Tombstone and Dawson (Yukon Territory)] Levy, J. / THEY SAW THE ELEPHANT: Women in the California Gold Rush, Norman, 1992, pb, 265 pages, - 1 -, $ 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 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...] 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] Moody, R. / STAGECOACH WEST, 2nd Edition, Lincoln, 1998, 341 pages, pb, - 1 -, $ 15 [Book is a comprehensive history of stagecoaching during the 20 years between the California Gold Rush and the completion of the transcontinental railroad] Moynihan, B. / AUGUSTA TABOR: A Pioneering Woman, Evergreen, 1988, pb, 145 pages, - 1 -, $ 10 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, 323 pages, cl, - 1 -, $ 45 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 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 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 Murray, E. / GHOSTS OF THE OLD WEST, New York, 1998, pb, 201 pages, - 2 -, $ 10 Myers, J. M. / TOMBSTONE’S EARLY YEARS, Lincoln, 1995, 260 pages, pb, bibliography, index, - 1 -, $12 Myers, S. L. / WESTERING WOMEN AND THE FRONTIER EXPERIENCE, 1800 - 1915, Albuquerque, 1982, pb, 365 pages, - 2 -, $ 16 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 -, $ 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, R. W. / MINING FRONTIERS OF THE FAR WEST - 1948-1880, A Revised, Expanded Edition by Elliott West, Albuquerque, 2001, pb, 340 pages, - 1 -, $ 23 Paul, R. W. / CALIFORNIA GOLD: THE BEGINNING OF MINING IN THE FAR WEST, Lincoln, 1965, pb, 380 pages, - 3 -, $ 23 Pender, R. / A LADY’S EXPERIENCES IN THE WILD WEST IN 1883, Lincoln, 1978, pb, 134 pages, - 1 -, $ 8 Peterson, R. H. / THE BONANZA KINGS: The Social Origins and Business Behavior of Western Mining Entrepreneurs, 1870-1900, 1991, Norman, 191 pages, - 1 -, $ 8 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 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 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 -, $ 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 Schwantes, C. A. / VISION & ENTERPRISE: EXPLORING THE HISTORY OF PHELPS DODGE CORPORATION, Tucson, 2000, cl, 464 pages, - 1 -, $ 65 Seagraves, A. / SOILED DOVES: PROSTITUTION IN THE EARLY WEST, Hayden, 1994, 175 pages, - 1 -, $ 18 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, 1932, afb, International Geological Congress, Guidebook 2: Excursion A-2, 161 pages, 13 plates, 47 figs., $ 35 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 -, $ 18 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. / 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 Smith, D. A. / STAKING A CLAIM IN HISTORY: THE EVOLUTION OF HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY, Walnut Creek, 2001, cl, 215 pages, - 1 -, $ 45, now $30, or one copy free with any $200 purchase from this website Spence, C. C. / BRITISH INVESTMENTS AND THE AMERICAN MINING FRONTIER, 1860 - 1901, Moscow, 1995, pb, 288 pages, - 1 -, $ 30 Spence, C. 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O. / COMPARATIVE FRONTIERS: A Proposal for Studying the American West, Norman, 1980, cl, 139 pages, - 1 -, $ 16 Zarbin, E. / ALL THE TIME A NEWSPAPER, The First 100 Years of The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, 1990, cl, 422 pages, - 2 -, $ 50

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