The trail of gold and silver : mining in Colorado, 1859-2009 / Duane A. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Duane A.

Series:

Timberline books.

Timberline books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gold mines and mining--Colorado--History.

Gold mines and mining.

Silver mines and mining--Colorado--History.

Silver mines and mining.

Colorado--Gold discoveries.

Colorado.

Colorado--History, Local.

Physical Description:

xii, 282 p. : ill., map.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, c2009.

Summary:

In The Trail of Gold and Silver, historian Duane A. Smith details Colorado's mining saga - a story that stretches from the beginning of the gold and silver mining rush in the mid-nineteenth century into the twenty-first century. Gold and silver mining laid the foundation for Colorado's economy, and 1859 marked the beginning of a fever for these precious metals. Mining changed the state and its people forever, affecting settlement, territorial status, statehood, publicity, development, investment, economy, jobs both in and outside the industry, transportation, tourism, advances in mining and smelting technology, and urbanization. Moreover, the first generation of Colorado mining brought a fascinating collection of people and a new era to the region. Written in a lively manner by one of Colorado's preeminent historians, this book honors the 2009 sesquicentennial of Colorado's gold rush. Smith's narrative will appeal to anybody with an interest in the state's fascinating mining history over the past 150 years.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Prologue

1: Pike's Peak or Bust

2: 1859: The Year Dreams Became Reality

3: 1860-1864: "To Everything There Is a Season"

4: 1864-1869: "Good Times a-Comin"-Someday

5: 1870-1874: Bonanza! Three Cheers and a Tiger"

6: 1875-1880: "All Roads Lead to Leadville"

7: The Silver Eighties: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times

8: "There'll Be a Hot Time"

9: "The Everlasting Love of the Game"

Photographic Essay- Nineteenth-Century Colorado Mining

10: 1900-1929: Looking Forward into Yesterday

11: Mucking through Depression, War, and New Ideas

12: Mining on the Docket of Public Opinion: The Environmental Age

Photographic Essay- Colorado Mining in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

Epilogue: A Tale Well Told

Notes

Bibliographical Essay

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781607320111

1607320118

OCLC:

635947439