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Historic Photos of Colorado Mining

Engelsk Hardback

Historic Photos of Colorado Mining

Engelsk Hardback
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In 1859, 100,000 folks started the journey to the Pikes Peak goldfields, but only 50,000 completed the trip. An additional 25,000 soon gave up and went back home. The remainder not only brought statehood to the central Rocky Mountains, but they also brought the industrial world to isolated areas in the high mountains, where they mined mineral deposits for gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper, among others.

This book, Historic Photos of Colorado Mining, provides an introduction to Colorado''s mining history through photographs from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Accompanying captions provide specific contexts for the photos and tell the story of the prospectors, miners, engineers, teamsters, railroaders, and townspeople who served as entrepreneurs and workers in industrializing the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Many ruins from the mining days are now recognized as historic landmarks. But the stories behind the ruins are often as fascinating as the ruins themselves—the struggle to survive and thrive in the wilderness is always a compelling tale.

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In 1859, 100,000 folks started the journey to the Pikes Peak goldfields, but only 50,000 completed the trip. An additional 25,000 soon gave up and went back home. The remainder not only brought statehood to the central Rocky Mountains, but they also brought the industrial world to isolated areas in the high mountains, where they mined mineral deposits for gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper, among others.

This book, Historic Photos of Colorado Mining, provides an introduction to Colorado''s mining history through photographs from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Accompanying captions provide specific contexts for the photos and tell the story of the prospectors, miners, engineers, teamsters, railroaders, and townspeople who served as entrepreneurs and workers in industrializing the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Many ruins from the mining days are now recognized as historic landmarks. But the stories behind the ruins are often as fascinating as the ruins themselves—the struggle to survive and thrive in the wilderness is always a compelling tale.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 202
ISBN-13: 9781684420896
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 168442089X
Kategori: Amerikansk historie
Udg. Dato: 12 nov 2009
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 222mm
Højde: 222mm
Forlag: Turner Publishing Company
Oplagsdato: 12 nov 2009
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Kategori Amerikansk historie

ISBN-13 9781684420896

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 202

Udgave

Længde 0mm

Bredde 222mm

Højde 222mm

Udg. Dato 12 nov 2009

Oplagsdato 12 nov 2009

Forlag Turner Publishing Company