Re: Mine books
Posted by Cecile on July 13, 2004 at 14:39:56:
In Reply to: Mine books posted by EK on July 13, 2004 at 12:49:27:
The Mining Camps Speak: A new way to explore the ghost towns of the American West
by Beth and Bill Sagstetter
Benchmark PUblishing of Colorado
Supplying The Mining World: The mining Equipment Manufacturers of San Francisco, 1850-1900
by Lynn R. Bailey
Westernlore Press
Will help you identify some of the stuff you find out there & shows you how they were used. I got my copies at Bodie, but you should be able to get them through Amazon.com
Also some personal accounts that might help you:
Western Mining: An informal account of precious-metals prospecting, palcering, lode mining, and milling on the American frontier from
Spanish Times to 1893
by Otis E. Young, Jr.
University of Oklahoma Press
Hardrock Gold: A Miner's Tale
by Tom Morrison
University of Oklahoma Press
California Gold and the Highgraders:True Stories of the Mines and the Miners
Ed Calhoun
Cal-Con Press
And there's a few more I can't locate on mybookshelves right now. If I think of them, I'll post them for you. You might also check my website and my old archives for November or December , I believe. I have a story of Highgrading, and a complete bibliography of the books I used in my research.
Bodie "The Mines are Looking Well..."
by Michael H. Piatt
North Bay Books
is obviously about mining in Bodie - but will give you a good idea of how they knew what to look for, machinery, etc.
- Re: Mine books Cecile 18:50:00 07/13/04
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