The pikes peak gold rush brought unprecedented numbers of people into the region and that in turn led to powerful social, economic. Capturing the story of the mines was a compelling reason for him to write this bit of local history, mulhall said of reeves effort. Frank waters, born in colorado springs in 1902, published 28 books. Using historical photographs, this book tells the story of mining in. Mining in colorado douglas county libraries bibliocommons. Be sure you check out more links on my mojave desert. Its a well written piece that expertly blends historical fact with electric storytelling to produce one of the finest, most readable books on the subject ive ever had the pleasure of reading. The trail of gold and silver university press of colorado. The cultural history of colorado mining towns, 18591920. Many ruins from the mining days are now recognized as historic landmarks. 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. The uravan mineral belt umb is on the west side of the state. Silver had been discovered in colorado in the 1860s, with early mining in clear creek.
Working long hours, often in cramped underground caverns, the workers emerged to families living in lonely mountain landscapes completely provisioned with company homes, stores, schools, and churches. Historic photos of colorado mining by ed raines, hardcover. Mining in colorado, 18592009 a timberline book this is no dry technical history meant solely for mining buffs. Digital images show mines, machinery, ore processing facilities, mine interiors, mills. In between, the book is about coal and coal mining in colorado and about the larger conflict between labor and capital. At first glance, the elk valley is a quiet mountain location offering abundant recreation and access to wildlife.
Here is an alphabetical list of books about mining, prospecting, mines, miners, mining history, economic minerals, mining engineering, and some geological, geotechnical, and petroleum engineering, compiled by a science librarian, that are currently available. Fisher manual of obsolete and worthless securities call number. Thus, mining and photography developed simultaneously in colorado. A history of mining on the kenai peninsula, alaska by mary j. Gold madness, murder, and mayhem in the colorado rockies. Mining towns of southern colorado gives an intimate glimpse into the lives of these pioneer mining families.
Mining in colorado by dclarchivists a staffcreated list. Mining history sweepingly encompasses economics, treasure, sweat, unions, babies born, lives lost, fortunes made, and, even more often, fortunes lost. Hollister presents an expansive history and summary of the area and those who came to mine it. Kitchens discovered coal in marshall in 1859 and sold the. They took tents and shovels, enthusiasm and cameras.
Total ratings 6, 5lb black sand pocket separator magnet pen gold pan. Colorado mining history in 1849 and 1850, several parties of gold seekers bound for the california gold rush panned small amounts of gold from various streams in the south platte river valley at the foot of the rocky mountains in then western kansas territory, now northeast colorado. Colorado mining conference mining history association. The fourth book in the horrors of history historical fiction series recounts the untold story of the ludlow massacre. Gunnison county, colorado, rare books, old maps, photographs, western americana, colorado history, arizona, new mexico, railroad, wyoming, custer, native american. Here are some of the oldest mines still in operation. Most of the men and the few women who worked the mines talk about. Colorado i catalog link to visit another catalog for select outofprint colorado railroad books, please click here select railroads. Ive been fascinated with mining history for more than a decade.
The life and spirit of a wonderful woman by anna r. Throughout the stories that caroline arlen collected for this fascinating book you will hear the same type of contradictions. Over 22,000 mines are identified as gold producers with the vast majority of those mines being gold only operations. Creede colorado history mining camp silver book mining books. Total ratings 20, 6pc asr outdoor gold rush 6 inch sifting prospect pan classifier sieve set.
Colorado mining stories by caroline, arlen, september 18, 2002, western reflections publishing co. A lot of anecdotal information, horseplay, and the drudgery of working in an ice cold, highaltitude, hole. The colorado silver boom was a dramatic expansionist period of silver mining activity in the. Colorado mining history is a chronology of precious metal mining e. To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, im or document. A guide to colorados casual gold prospecting, mining history and. Pennsylvanias rich coal mining history dates back centuries to the late 1700s and boomed between 1870 and 1930. Colorado mining stories september 18, 2002 edition. Ten years after the pikes peak gold rush of 1859, silver and gold in the san juan mountains transformed this unique area. City of influence by brian levine, a quick history. Early mining in northeastern colorado national park service. The colorado gold rush, also known as the pikes peak gold rush, occurred in the late 1850s.
One of the more ambitious foreign undertakings in the early years of colorados mining history occurred in boulder county, near the headwaters of boulder creek. It currently includes millions of records from periodicals, conference papers, trade journals, magazines, books, patents and technical reports, with indexing back to the early 1960s. This book, historic photos of colorado mining, provides an introduction to colorados mining history through photographs from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The unexpected education of two society girls in the west hardcover by. The trail of gold and silver colorado mining history. Popular colorado history books showing 150 of 171 nothing daunted. This is no dry technical history meant solely for mining buffs. So three years ago, relying on his memories and on a warehouse packed with records, reports, charts, maps and other. Accompanying captions provide specific contexts for the photos and tell the story of the prospectors, miners, engineers, teamsters, railroaders, and townspeople who served. We have over 200 collections that include materials on mining in colorado. Of course, one that is not a miner, cannot fully grasp the experience, danger, lore. The wife of a mining engineer chronicles their cold, lonely, isolated life with warm. Colorado ii catalog additions changes price adjustments to this catalog noted in this color for 2020 link to colorado federal publications. Gunnison, gunnison county, colorado, rare books, western.
While mining is nothing new, with archeologists finding evidence that the history of mining goes back to the ancient world, it is rare these days to find mines that have continued to produce on a commercial scale. In this history of the states most important industry, duane smith combines text. The cultural history of colorado mining towns, 18591920 by thomas gray thompson, 1966 edition, microform in english. Colorado magazine in the 1850s, the first of hundreds of prospectors went to colorado to make their fortunes.
Mining history of telluride, colorado during august 1875, john fallon and a partner were the first prospectors to find what would be called the smuggler vein in marshall basin. Biomining is the biotechnology that uses microorganisms to recover metals, in particular copper and gold, from ores and concentrates. Coal mining in colorado dates back to 1859, when a pair of men began mining a coal deposit between the gold rush settlements of denver and boulder. Covers mining camps from aspen, ouray, telluride, leadville, cripple creek, central city, black hawk, caribou, boulder, buckskin joe, creede, and virtually any other camp in colorado. Smith, colorados foremost historian, particularly in the mining history of the state, produces two great gems. Mining sources in the western historygenealogy department include photographs, manuscripts, prospectuses, maps, magazines, and directories. These materials document the development of mining in the west. Dig a little deeper, and its clear that this region is thriving not only due to the lifestyle it offers, but also thanks to the industry that. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. A story of the grand island mining district of boulder county, colorado, denver. Colorado mining history is a chronology of precious metal mining fuel extraction building. Harbert signed copy new book on creede just published with many many never seen before photographs.
Petroleum came prominently into notice for the first time in august 1859, when the drake well struck oil. Add or remove collections home mining indexes index to colorado mining directory. Colorados rich mining history is documented in archival, photographic, and artifact. Books on mining, prospecting and old west mining history. Having developed from a very simple operational process, biomining has developed into a multifaceted technology, to the extent that many of the largest industrial stirred tanks and heaps. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The history of coal mining goes back thousands of years. In fact, between september 2014 and april 2016, the industry as a whole in the u. Colorado mining towns colorado mining history in 1849 and 1850, several parties of gold seekers bound for the california gold rush panned small amounts of gold from various streams in the south platte river valley at the foot of the rocky mountains in then western kansas territory, now northeast colorado. Colorado mining stories history my father once told me, son, mining is a wonderful, honest way to make a living, but in the end, youll either get silicosis or youll get maimed or youll get killed.
He provides detailed specifics to location and quantities of minerals recovered. He wrote for hollywood, worked as a publicist for the atomic energy commission, and created some of the most memorable novels. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Many of those travelling west to california would have had their first experiences in the mines of colorado. This database is a comprehensive materials science research database providing indexing and abstracts from more than 4,000 current journals and nonjournal titles.
Although the discovery of coal did not cause boom cycles as did gold and silver, the early coal mining industry did established the conditions for violent confrontations between miners and mine owners. You can read more about colorados silver mining towns in these books. Labor strategies in northern rhodesian copper mines, 19261936 by jane l. His latest book just published in late 2009 gives a complete history of mining in colorado from 1859 to 2009. A womans personal account of life in mining camps of the west paperback by. It was, however, a colorful time in colorados history, giving rise to a. This document provides a basic historical overview of mining activities and related technology in order to assist cultural resource professionals, landowners and. Mining was far and away the most significant industry in nineteenth and early twentiethcentury colorado and has remained important since that time. It became important in the industrial revolution of the 19th and 20th centuries, when it was primarily used to power steam engines, heat buildings and generate electricity.
The pikes peak gold rush brought unprecedented numbers of people into the region and that in turn led to powerful social, economic, and political changes that brought about the creation of colorado territory in 1861, culminating in the. Mines, mining and miners denver public library history. The book was prepared from recordings by an intern, interviewing old miners that had a hand in colorado mining mostly in the san juans. They staked their adjoining sheridan and union claims on the rich upper section of the vein just below the 12,000 ft. Mines in the western united states western mining history. As a long time student of history in general and colorado history in particular, i was surprised at how much i learned reading this book. This book is for people interested in colorado hitory who want to. Finding gold in colorado prospectors edition and millions of other books are. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. These 17 rare photos show colorados mining history like never before. Mining history in the united states legends of america.
Coal mining continues as an important economic activity today. Hot of the press september 2010 creede, colorado historyinsights and views through postcards and photographs. The two industries ranked together as the primary or basic industries of early civilization. Since becoming a state in 1876, mining has been a vital part of colorados economy and work force in fact, mining is what brought many families to the area in the first place. California was the largest historic gold producing state by a wide margin with over 106 million ounces mined compared to secondplace colorados 40 million ounces statistic compiled 1968.
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