Description
The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1995 (Western Lands and Water Series VI). Hardcover, 279 pp. Second printing, 1995.
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In very good condition/ NO dust jacket. Tan cloth covered boards with red block and gold lettering on spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Preface pages have in indent at the top edge from a paper clip. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. Originally published in 1967, this new edition contains an updated introduction by Dr.Todd. Black and white illustrations, footnotes and index. Contents include: Preface; Cornwall and Its Miners; Wisconsin and Its Cornish "Badgers"; Californian Gold, Mercury and Silver; Grass Valley, Nevada City and the Northern Mines; The New Almaden Quicksilver Mine; The Southern Mines, the Mojave Desert, Death Valley and Yosemite; The Copper and Iron Wilderness of Upper Michigan; Colorado and "The Richest Square Mile on Earth"; Hunting Silver to the Death in Nevada; Beyond the Rockies to the Pacific Northwest; Index.
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