Western Mining - Softcover

Young, Otis; Lenon, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806113529 ISBN 13: 9780806113524

Verlag: University of Oklahoma Press, 1982

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Here, for the first time, is a clear account in words and pictures of the methods by which gold and silver were extracted and processed in the Old West. The author describes the early days of Spanish and Indian mining and the wild era inaugurated by the American prospector who rushed west to get rich quick, ending with the year 1893, when repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act virtually closed the mining frontier. The account gives in laymen's language the techniques employed in prospecting, placering, lode mining, and milling, particularly those employed by the Spaniards, Indians, and Cornishmen, and shows how the ever-practical Americans adapted and improved them. Special attention is given to the methods employed in the California and Montana gold fields, Colorado and the Comstock Lode, the Black Hills, and Tombstone, Arizona. In these pages the reader also meets some of the unforgettable personalities whose lives enriched (and sometimes impoverished) the mining camps. Otis E. Young, Jr. is Professor Emeritus of History at Arizona State University, Tempe. He is the author of several books on western history and mining, including BLACK POWDER AND HAND STEEL: MINERS AND MACHINES ON THE OLD WEST FRONTIER, also published by the University of Oklahoma.

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Otis E. Young, Jr., a native of Indiana, received the Ph.D. degree from Indiana University. He is Professor Emeritus of History in Arizona State University, Tempe. In addition to BlackPowder and Hand Steel and Western Mining, he is the author of several other books and articles on western history.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Oklahoma Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1982
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0806113529
• ISBN 13: 9780806113524
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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