San Juan Legacy: Life in the Mining Camps
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As early as the eighteenth century, Spanish explorers left place-names, lost mines, and legends scattered throughout Colorado's San Juan Mountains. In 1869 and the early 1870s the legends lured hopeful prospectors to the area, ushering in its greatest mining era and transforming it into one of the country's most celebrated mining districts. Faced with a boom-bust economy, unpredictable weather, and the risk of violent death, mining camps and towns...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0826346502
ISBN13:9780826346506
Release Date:May 2009
Publisher:University of New Mexico Press
Length:181 Pages
Weight:1.27 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.9" x 9.9"
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