Silver And Gold Mining Camps of the Old West
Subtitle: A State by State American Encyclopedia (Indian Placenames in America)
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: January 22, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780786428137
Subjects: History of specific subjects; Mining industry; Reference works; Mining Of Specific Minerals; United States History (Specific Aspects); History; History - U.S; History: American; Western & Pacific Coast states; Encyclopedias; Mining; United States - General; Reference / Encyclopedias; Reference; United States - 19th Century; Gold mines and mining; Miners; Silver mines and mining; United States; West (U.S.)
Description: "This work catalogs camps in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Entries include location, names of miners known to have worked the site, year of discovery, and ore value. The work is indexed by topic and mine, and offers a glossary and a copy of the Miners' Ten Commandments"--Provided by publisher.