Gold Town to Ghost Town
Title | Gold Town to Ghost Town PDF eBook |
Author | Julia Conway Welch |
Publisher | Caxton Press |
Pages | 142 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho Press For over a hundred years, the hopes, struggles, achievements and failures of mining in the West were played out against a backdrop of unrivaled beauty. This book chronicles the story of Silver City from the first discoveries of silver at nearby Jordan Creek in 1863 to the work of those who still labor to preserve its heritage.
Finding Gold in Colorado - Prospector's Edition
Title | Finding Gold in Colorado - Prospector's Edition PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin Singel |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 2018-05-26 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781719553469 |
Travel guide book inspired by the gold prospecting origin of Colorado. Includes touring information on all the major towns founded as gold mining camps as well as summaries of each town's origin story. Includes reviews and recommendations on historic districts to visit, mines to tour, driving tours of ghost towns and places to gold pan. Includes information on 16 historic districts, 31 museums, 18 mines, 186 gold panning sites across the state of Colorado. Thoroughly researched to confirm public access to the panning sites (no private property or areas subject to mining claim has been included - unlike other books.)Written by a long-time Colorado resident and gold prospector. Based on years of research and field work.Get your share of the gold by prospecting for it in historic, urban, and remote locations across the gold districts of Colorado.
Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps
Title | Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps PDF eBook |
Author | Sandra Dallas |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 1988-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780806120843 |
Depicts the history of more than one hundred Colorado towns abandoned after the end of the mining boom
Montana Ghost Towns and Gold Camps
Title | Montana Ghost Towns and Gold Camps PDF eBook |
Author | William W. Whitfield |
Publisher | |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Ghost towns |
ISBN | 9781931291385 |
Bodie: The Gold-Mining Ghost Town
Title | Bodie: The Gold-Mining Ghost Town PDF eBook |
Author | Kari Schuetz |
Publisher | Torque Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017-08 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781618916853 |
"Engaging images accompany information about Bodie. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
Gold Town to Ghost Town : Boom and Bust on Rainy Lake
Title | Gold Town to Ghost Town : Boom and Bust on Rainy Lake PDF eBook |
Author | David E. Perry |
Publisher | |
Pages | 53 |
Release | 1996-02-01 |
Genre | Ghost towns |
ISBN | 9780915609062 |
Bodie: The Gold-mining Ghost Town
Title | Bodie: The Gold-mining Ghost Town PDF eBook |
Author | Kari Schuetz |
Publisher | Bellwether Media |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 2017-08-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1681034247 |
The wild reputation of Bodie was unmatched in the Old West. The California gold-mining town attracted a rough crowd. Bodie had gamblers, drinkers, gunslingers, and robbers all after riches. This high-interest childrenÕs title includes a wealth of information about the gold rush that once made Bodie a Òget richÓ destination.