Trail Of Gold And Silver Mining In Colorado 18592009
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 2010
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781607320753
Description: Details Colorado's mining saga - a story that stretches from the beginning of the gold and silver mining rush in the mid-nineteenth century into the twenty-first century. Gold and silver mining laid the foundation for Colorado's economy, and 1859 marked the beginning of a fever for these precious metals. Mining changed the state and its people forever.