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Colorado History: MINING

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1. The mining camps speak: a new way to explore the ghost towns of the American West

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Sagstetter, Beth
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Buena Vista Adult Local History
LOCAL HISTORY 978.8 Sag
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A guide to appreciating and understanding the history of abandoned mining camps shows how to use the techniques of an historical sleuth to identify and interpret what one sees at a ghost town.

2. The trail of gold and silver: mining in Colorado, 1859-2009

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Smith, Duane A.
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Buena Vista Adult Non-Fic
978.8 Smi
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Details Colorado's mining saga - a story that stretches from the beginning of the gold and silver mining rush in the mid-nineteenth century into the twenty-first century. Gold and silver mining laid the foundation for Colorado's economy, and 1859 marked the beginning of a fever for these precious metals. Mining changed the state and its people forever.