Colorado mining
by Smith, Duane A.
Published by : University of New Mexico Press (Albququerque, NM) Physical details: 176 p ISBN:0826304370. ISSN:978082630 Year: 1977| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| sw 300 - 399 | 338.209788 Smi (Browse shelf) | Available | In Memory of : James Stewart | 45905 |
The legend of the Shining Mountains --
Pike's Peak or bust --
Growing pains --
The silver decade --
To capture a shadow: a photographic essay --
We're number one --
Gold to the rescue --
The business called mining: a photographic essay --
"Damn the owners" --
Times change, so does mining --
Depression, war, and uranium fever --
Of men and machines: a photographic essay --
One hundred years and going strong --
Challenge of the Seventies --
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Illustrated with many black and white historic photographs of mines and mining towns in Colorado, this book traces the industry from its development in 1859 to the late 1970s
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