Author: Staci Comden
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738599530
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Images from the archives of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I).
Mining Towns of Southern Colorado
Author: Staci Comden
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738599530
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Images from the archives of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I).
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738599530
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Images from the archives of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I).
Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps
Author: Sandra Dallas
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806120843
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Depicts the history of more than one hundred Colorado towns abandoned after the end of the mining boom
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806120843
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Depicts the history of more than one hundred Colorado towns abandoned after the end of the mining boom
Cerro Gordo
Author: Cecile Page Vargo
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738595209
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By the last quarter of the 20th century, Jody Stewart and Mike Patterson found themselves owners of the rough and tumble camp that helped Los Angeles turn into a thriving metropolis because of silver and commercial trade. Cerro Gordo found new life, second to Bodie, as California's best-preserved ghost town.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738595209
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By the last quarter of the 20th century, Jody Stewart and Mike Patterson found themselves owners of the rough and tumble camp that helped Los Angeles turn into a thriving metropolis because of silver and commercial trade. Cerro Gordo found new life, second to Bodie, as California's best-preserved ghost town.
Have you ever Lived in a Mining Town?
Author: Winona I Laird
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462806090
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Gold Mining Towns could be friendly and home to a family Park City, Utah and Victor, Colorado a mining town near Cripple Creek provided home and friends to Anna Chambers. This book brings all the warmth of yesteryear alive with her tales of growing up in a mining town. Anna Chambers relates exciting tales about a fire that destroyed a section of town and left her house smoking but unburned. Other tales are sad, like the desperate father of a 10-month old girl whose mother has died asking her parents to take the girl. You read about social parties, courting and falling in love. This book provides a snapshot of life hundred years ago when $4.00 a day was top wage in the mines. It is full of details, things like growing vegetables and storing food. Anna tells tenderly of meeting her husband, his courtship of her, and then their life together. You hear about their joy when she finds herself expecting her first child and the sad news in the mine were too much for her husband’s lungs. More freedom and joy then we can imagine!
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462806090
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Gold Mining Towns could be friendly and home to a family Park City, Utah and Victor, Colorado a mining town near Cripple Creek provided home and friends to Anna Chambers. This book brings all the warmth of yesteryear alive with her tales of growing up in a mining town. Anna Chambers relates exciting tales about a fire that destroyed a section of town and left her house smoking but unburned. Other tales are sad, like the desperate father of a 10-month old girl whose mother has died asking her parents to take the girl. You read about social parties, courting and falling in love. This book provides a snapshot of life hundred years ago when $4.00 a day was top wage in the mines. It is full of details, things like growing vegetables and storing food. Anna tells tenderly of meeting her husband, his courtship of her, and then their life together. You hear about their joy when she finds herself expecting her first child and the sad news in the mine were too much for her husband’s lungs. More freedom and joy then we can imagine!
Ghost Towns of Arizona
Author: James E. Sherman
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806108438
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A pictorial survey of the past history of more than one hundred former mining towns in Arizona
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806108438
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A pictorial survey of the past history of more than one hundred former mining towns in Arizona
Lyon Mountain
Author: Lawrence P. Gooley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781567150827
Category : Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781567150827
Category : Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Which Town Is A Mining Town
Author: Emerald Beisch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Mining Industry Overview How Are Mining Towns Similar To Other Towns 10 Authentic Old West Towns in Colorado History Of Mining: Mining Towns American West Explore Colorado's most fascinating gold rush towns Lesser known than the gold and silver mines of Western lore, Southern Colorado's extensive coal mines fueled the engines for Western industrialization in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Of the numerous companies operating the mines, the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) was king.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Mining Industry Overview How Are Mining Towns Similar To Other Towns 10 Authentic Old West Towns in Colorado History Of Mining: Mining Towns American West Explore Colorado's most fascinating gold rush towns Lesser known than the gold and silver mines of Western lore, Southern Colorado's extensive coal mines fueled the engines for Western industrialization in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Of the numerous companies operating the mines, the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) was king.
Lead-Mining Towns of Southwest Wisconsin
Author: Carol March McLernon
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738551999
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
East of the Mississippi River, and just north of the Illinois-Wisconsin border, the soil was once fertile with huge deposits of lead and zinc. White men discovered these riches in the early 1800s, well before Wisconsin became a state in 1848. Miners, farmers, and merchants flocked to the region, some bringing along their families. Towns with names like Snake Digs, Cottonwood, and Etna grew very rapidly. Roads, bridges, and railroad tunnels soon connected these towns where schools, churches, and businesses developed. Today tourists are invited to visit museums, mines, and shops in the region to explore its colorful past.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738551999
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
East of the Mississippi River, and just north of the Illinois-Wisconsin border, the soil was once fertile with huge deposits of lead and zinc. White men discovered these riches in the early 1800s, well before Wisconsin became a state in 1848. Miners, farmers, and merchants flocked to the region, some bringing along their families. Towns with names like Snake Digs, Cottonwood, and Etna grew very rapidly. Roads, bridges, and railroad tunnels soon connected these towns where schools, churches, and businesses developed. Today tourists are invited to visit museums, mines, and shops in the region to explore its colorful past.
History of Tesla
Author: Dan L. Mosier
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Hard As the Rock Itself
Author: David Robertson
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 1457109646
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
The first intensive analysis of sense of place in American mining towns, Hard as the Rock Itself: Place and Identity in the American Mining Town provides rare insight into the struggles and rewards of life in these communities. David Robertson contends that these communities - often characterized in scholarly and literary works as derelict, as sources of debasing moral influence, and as scenes of environmental decay - have a strong and enduring sense of place and have even embraced some of the signs of so-called dereliction. Robertson documents the history of Toluca, Illinois; Cokedale, Colorado; and Picher, Oklahoma, from the mineral discovery phase through mine closure, telling for the first time how these century-old mining towns have survived and how sense of place has played a vital role. Acknowledging the hardships that mining's social, environmental, and economic legacies have created for current residents, Robertson argues that the industry's influences also have contributed to the creation of strong, cohesive communities in which residents have always identified with the severe landscape and challenging, but rewarding way of life. Robertson contends that the tough, unpretentious appearance of mining landscapes mirrors qualities that residents value in themselves, confirming that a strong sense of place in mining regions, as elsewhere, is not necessarily wedded to an attractive aesthetic or even to a thriving economy.
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 1457109646
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
The first intensive analysis of sense of place in American mining towns, Hard as the Rock Itself: Place and Identity in the American Mining Town provides rare insight into the struggles and rewards of life in these communities. David Robertson contends that these communities - often characterized in scholarly and literary works as derelict, as sources of debasing moral influence, and as scenes of environmental decay - have a strong and enduring sense of place and have even embraced some of the signs of so-called dereliction. Robertson documents the history of Toluca, Illinois; Cokedale, Colorado; and Picher, Oklahoma, from the mineral discovery phase through mine closure, telling for the first time how these century-old mining towns have survived and how sense of place has played a vital role. Acknowledging the hardships that mining's social, environmental, and economic legacies have created for current residents, Robertson argues that the industry's influences also have contributed to the creation of strong, cohesive communities in which residents have always identified with the severe landscape and challenging, but rewarding way of life. Robertson contends that the tough, unpretentious appearance of mining landscapes mirrors qualities that residents value in themselves, confirming that a strong sense of place in mining regions, as elsewhere, is not necessarily wedded to an attractive aesthetic or even to a thriving economy.