Treasure Hill : Portrait Of A Silver Mining Camp /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jackson, W. Turrentine (William Turrentine), 1915-2000
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Reno : University of Nevada Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions.
Silver mines and mining.
Mining camps.
Manners and customs.
Frontier and pioneer life.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Silver mines and mining > Nevada > White Pine County > History.
Mining camps > Nevada > White Pine County > History.
Frontier and pioneer life > Nevada > White Pine County.
Nevada > White Pine County.
White Pine County (Nev.) > Social conditions.
White Pine County (Nev.) > Social life and customs.
White Pine County (Nev.) > History, Local.
Local history.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Chapter One: The Beginning; Promoting the Boom; Routes to the Mines; Boom Towns; What of the Prospects?; Chapter Two: The Flourishing; Environment; Health; Newspapers; Lawlessness; Recreation; The Theater; The Church, The School, and Humanitarianism; Local Government; Partisan Politics; Property and Prosperity; Chapter Three: The Decline; The Struggle of Labor; The Problem of Water and the Peril of Fire; The Search for Capital; The Turning Point; Chapter Four: Rally and Collapse.
  • British ContributionsBritish Determination and Adversity; Abandonment; Epilogue: The Mining Camp and the Frontier; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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