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21) Exploring the Colorado High Country

Author

Agnew, Jeremy

Pub. Date

c1977

22) The two lives of Baby Doe

Author

Simmons, Dawn Langley

Pub. Date

[1962]

23) Down with your dust: a chronicle of upper Arkansas valley, Colorado, 1860-1893

Author

Williamson, Ruby G

Pub. Date

1979, c1973

24) The story of Colorado's gold & silver rushes

Author

Dorset, Phyllis Flanders

Pub. Date

1994, c1970

25) Mining among the clouds: the Mosquito Range and the origins of Colorado's silver boom

Author

Gardiner, Harvey N

Pub. Date

[2002]

Formats

Book, Local Library Checkout Only

26) The rise of the Silver Queen: Georgetown, Colorado, 1859-1896

Author

Leyendecker, Liston E

Pub. Date

c2005

Formats

Book, Local Library Checkout Only

27) History of Leadville and Lake County, Colorado: from mountain solitude to metropolis

Author

Griswold, Don L

Pub. Date

1996

28) The great Revenue and surrounding mines: when mining was booming in the 80's and 90's

Author

Gregory, Doris H

Pub. Date

c1996

Description

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This fascinating book tells the story of the great Revenue Mines in their glory days in the 80's and 90's. But it tells much more as it includes the many mines surrounding the Revenue.

29) Secure the shadow: Lachlan McLean, Colorado mining photographer

Author

Smith, Duane A

Pub. Date

c1980

30) The trail of gold and silver: mining in Colorado, 1859-2009

Author

Smith, Duane A

Series

Timberline books

Formats

Book, Local Library Checkout Only

31) Tabor's matchless mine and Lusty Leadville

Author

Bancroft, Caroline

Pub. Date

1960.

32) Albert Eugene Reynolds: Colorado's mining king

Author

Scamehorn, H. Lee

Pub. Date

c1995

Description

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Biography of Albert Eugene Reynolds, the owner, operator, and promoter of mining properties in Colorado in the late 1800s and early 1900s, discussing his life and multiple business activities, and focusing on his career as a mining entrepreneur.

33) A mine to make a mine: financing the Colorado mining industry, 1859-1902

Author

King, Joseph E

Pub. Date

34) The new Eldorado: the story of Colorado's gold and silver rushes

Author

Dorset, Phyllis F

Pub. Date

2011

35) Colorado Gold & Gems Maps : Then and Now

Author

Preston, Ralph N

Pub. Date

c2005

36) Strike it rich: prospecting for gold and silver Colorado, 1895

Author

Lakes, Arthur

Pub. Date

c2010, 1895

Description

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Arthur Lakes, generally considered to be the "Father of Colorado Geology," taught geology at the Colorado School of Mines, but also saw the need for a book that laymen could use in their quest to "strike it rich." The result was "Prospecting for Gold and Silver". Published in 1895, the book became extremely popular and was followed by several later editions. As valuable today as it was over a hundred years ago, this book is a great resource for today's...

37) The road that silver built: the million dollar highway

Author

Smith, P. David

Pub. Date

c2009

Description

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The Road that Silver Built, runs north and south directly through the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado - some of the most beautiful and rugged country in all of North America, if not the world. However, there would be no road today if it were not for the treasure chest of minerals that early-day prospectors found, for all the gold and silver that was discovered was worth nothing if it could not be economically transported out of the mountains....

38) Eben Smith: the dean of Western mining

Author

Forsyth, David

Series

Mining the American West

Pub. Date

[2021]

Description

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"Eben Smith, little-known in Colorado mining history. A successful fortune seeker who traveled to California during the gold rush. Moved to Colorado in 1860 with business partner Jerome Chaffee and involved in nearly every major mining camp. He was eulogized as "dean of mining in Colorado"--