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Colorado's Mrs. Captain Ellen Jack : Mining Queen of the Rockies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bardal, Jane.
- Series:
- The History Press
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Businesswomen--Colorado--Biography.
- Mines and mineral resources.
- Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (141 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The History Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- "You get off this property." - Capt.Ellen Jack, 1887 Ellen E.Jack backed up her orders with a shotgun as she stood at the entrance to her Black Queen Mine.To profit from the mine, located near Aspen, Colorado, she engaged in many other battles with lawyers and capitalists who tried to wrest her ore away.Mrs.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Ellen Is Destined to Find Hidden Treasures
- 2. Prospecting for Gold and Silver
- 3. Aspen
- 4. Ellen Jack Fights to Keep the Black Queen Mine
- 5. Captain Jack Goes Prospecting in Ouray and White Hills
- 6. Prospecting in the Gunnison Gold Belt
- 7. The Mining Queen of the Rockies
- 8. Mrs. Captain Jack's Legacy
- Bibliography
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781439677803
- 1439677808
- OCLC:
- 1403286901
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