Mining Camp Days. Bodie. Aurora, Bridgeport, Hawthorne. Tonopah. Lundy, Masonic, Benton, Thorne, Mono Mills, Mammoth, Sodaville, Goldfield.

Billeb, Emil W.

Verlag: Howell-North Books, Berkeley, CA, 1968

Beschreibung

x, 229pp, index, num bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Or brown cloth in jacket. Jacket somewhat edgeworn with several small chips and 3 tears each approx 1/2 - 3/4 inch. For 16 years the author lived in Tonopah, Bodie and other Nevada and California mining camps, and has known them well for nearly five decades since then. He describes mining, camp life, a pioneering electric power system, massive snowstorms and his experience operating a 32 mile 3 foot gauge railroad with four engines and no timetable. Illustrated with 203 pictures from his personal collection. Size: 8vo.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 009324

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Mining Camp Days. Bodie. Aurora, Bridgeport, Hawthorne. Tonopah. Lundy, Masonic, Benton, Thorne, Mono Mills, Mammoth, Sodaville, Goldfield.
• Verlag: Howell-North Books, Berkeley, CA
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1968
• Einband: Hard Cover
• Auflage: First Edition.
• Zustand: Near Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good Plus
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Gems, Minerals and Mining
  • Americana & Canadiana