Mining in the Old West
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Published: April 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9780764323546
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Mining industry; Photographic reportage; History - General History; History: American; Western & Pacific Coast states; History; Mining; United States - 19th Century/Old West; United States - State & Local - West; Gold mines and mining; Mines and mineral resources; Silver mines and mining; West (U.S.)
Description: The 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in northern California set off a mining explosion that greatly hastened the development of the American West. This new book gathers historic photographs of mining in the Old West, from "panning" for gold in the waters of California to deep mining throughout the Western Territorities. The photos capture the lives of miners and the tent cities and early towns that grew up around the mines.