The Klondike Fever; The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush.
maps. 477pp. 8vo, cloth. N.Y.: Knopf, 1958. vg. More
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The Bolivar Mining Company; Capital Stock, $1,000, 000.
One Hundred Thousand Shares, Par Value, $10 Each. Stock Non- Assessable. folding map of the State of Bolivar, Colombia. 12pp. 8vo, pr. wrs.; (spine worn, pages creased in middle, 2 inch tear in margin of map). N.Y.: George T. Patterson, 1880. Share prospectus. The Bolivar Mining Company discovered the Castillo gold mine in the State of Bolivar, Colombia. The proceeds from this share issue was for the development of the mine. More
The Legend of Baby Doe: The Colorful Life and Times of the Silver Queen of the West
New York: Putnam, 1974. Photographic illustrations in black & white. 273 pages. 8vo with orange cloth, dust wrapper. Wrapper has plastic covering, but is lightly worn beneath with tears on corners. Otherwise in good shape. New York: Putnam, (1974). Small palimpsest of old pricing on front endpaper. A very good copy. More
The Land of Midian (Revisted)
Cambridge: Oleander Press, 1984. 2 volumes. folding map, In-text black-and-white illustrations, and several full page illustrations. 8vos, red cloth, dust wrappers. Near fine copies in very good(+) dust wrappers. Facsimile reprint of the 1879 edition. More
The Diary of a Forty-Niner
New York: Morgan Shepard, 1906. Map. xiii, (9), 231pp. 8vo, original 1/2 red cloth with pictorial boards, edges of corners lightly worn, otherwise very good. New York: Morgan Shepard, 1906. First Edition "The diary was kept by Alfred T. Jackson, a pioneer California miner, from May 18, 1850 to June 17, 1852." Graff 571. Cowan, p. 104. Howes C-111. More
Subterranean Britain; Aspects of Underground Archaeology
New York: St. Martin's, 1979. Illus. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. New York: St. Martin's Press, (1979). More
Selections from the Various Authors who have written concerning Brazil; More particularly respecting
London: Effingham Wilson, 1825. the Captaincy of Minas Geraes, and the Gold Mines of that Province. Colored map of Minas Geraes. xii, 182pp. + ad leaf. 8vo, rebound in modern brown library cloth, ex-lib, light foxing to some margins. uncut. London: Effingham Wilson, 1825. The first 6 chapters are on the history of Brazil, the voyage to Brazil and ports, geography, natural history and medical diseases there. The rest of the book is on the geology, mineralogy, and mining in..... More
Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest.
New York: Literary Guild, 1931. Illustrated. xv + 367 pages, 8vo, orange cloth; spine darkened. New York: Literary Guild, 1931. A very good copy. More
Lost Bonanzas; Tales of the Legendary Lost Mines of the American West.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Dodd Mead, (1966). vg. More
Comstock Bonanza
New York: Vanguard Press, 1950. 8vo, silver cloth, corners bumped. New York: Vanguard Press, (1950). Anthology of writings on the Comstock Lode. More
Beschreibung Allerfurnemisten Mineralischen Ertzt und Bergwercks arten, wie dieselbigen, und eine jede insonderheit, ihrer Natur und Eygenschafft nach, auff alle Metalla Probirt, unnd im kleinen Fewer sollen versucht werden...in fuenff Buecher verfasst...
Frankfurt: Tampachs, 1692. Title page printed in red & black, and with a large woodcut vignette. Illustrated with 42 remarkable woodcuts (all large, many full-page), depicting mining, smelting & refining operations. Numerous large decorative initials and tailpieces throughout.[1], 134, [3] leaves. Short folio, full contemporary vellum (binding a bit soiled and worn but very firm; old signature on title; some pages toned but with very little foxing; pale dampstains at margin of fore edge on some leaves; several small professional..... More
Prospector, Cowhand and Sodbuster; Historic Places associated with the Mining, Ranching, and Farming Frontiers in the Trans-Mississippi West.
color Frontis., b/w illus. 8vo, cloth. Washington, 1967. National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings, vol. XI. More
Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American West
Caldwell: Caxton Printers, 1990. Illustrated in black and white. xi, 466 pages. Thick 4to, brown cloth, d.w. (spine sunned, several tears, scratched). Caldwell: Caxton Printers, 1990. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
9 Sketches.
illus. 8vo, 1/2 cloth, boxed. N.p.: West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1967. Limited Edition. More
The Gold Mines of the Rand.
London: Macmillan, 1895. 14 plates, 79 text illustrations and 8 maps and charts, some folding, scattered foxing, lacks map in pocket. 295pp. Tall 8vo, red cloth (rubbed, front hinge weak, top of spine rough, some pencilling in margins and underlining). London: Macmillan, 1895. First Edition. Very good. Description of the gold mining industry in South Africa. More
Coming Back Brockens; A Year in a Mining Village.
8vo, cloth, d.w. London: Jonathan Cape, (1994). vg. More
The Last Empire: De Beers, Diamonds, and the World
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1993. Illustrated in black and white. 409 pages, 8vo, green cloth backed brown boards, dust wrapper. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1993. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Cripple Creek Strike; A History of Industrial Wars in Colorado, 1903-4-5
Denver: Great Western Publishing, 1904-05. Photo Illus., 2 folding. 596pp. Small 8vo, original maroon cloth, cloth spotted, corners lightly bumped. Denver: Great Western Publishing, 1904-05. Author was a pro-union employee for the Victor Daily Record, a newspaper published in the Cripple Creek area of Colorado, when the Cripple Creek miners' strike started. This copy lacks the folding illustration at end. More
Silver Kings; The Lives and Times of Mackay, Fair, Flood, and O'Brien, Lords of the Nevada Comstock Lode.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. torn, ex-lib). N.Y.: Knopf, 1967. More
Silver Kings; The Lives and Times of Mackay, Fair, Flood, and O'Brien, Lords of the Nevada Comstock Lode.
New York: Knopf, 1964. Illus. 8vo, maroon cloth, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1964. Very good. More
Men In Crisis: A Study of A Mine Disaster.
New York: Basic Books, 1969. ix + 335pp., 8vo, black cloth, d.w.; covers slightly askew. New York: Basic Books, (1969). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Journal of a Residence and Tour in the Republic of Mexico in the Year 1826. With some acount of the mines in that country
London: John Murray, 1828. 2 volumes on one. Thick, small 8vo, modern 3/4 brown cloth, red leather label, corners bumped, scattered light foxing, preliminary blank page is chipped in right margin. London: John Murray, 1828. First Edition Captain George Francis Lyon lived in Mexico as one of the commissioners of the English Compania de Real del Monte, a silver mining company. On his way back to England, the ship he was on was wrecked and all his papers and mineral..... More
Precious Dust; The American Gold Rush Era: 1848-1900
New York: William Morrow, 1994. Illus. 448pp. 8vo, 1/2 red cloth, d.w. New York: William Morrow, (1994). Very good. More
History and Proceedings of Buckskin Joe; Accompanying the Mining Laws of the District
Boulder: Johnson Publishing, 1961. 114pp. 4to, 1/2 brown cloth, boards rubbed, lettering on cloth spine faded. Boulder: Johnson Publishing, 1961. Signed by the author. One of 500 copies. More
1866 partly printed Stock Certificate for 100 shares of the Quartz Hill Gold Mining Company
New York: 1866. located in the Nevada District of the Colorado Territory, with beautifully engraved vignettes of a miner working by torchlight and a group of miners sending ore from the mine shaft to the surface by way of an bucket-brigade. Signed by the Secretary and President of the Corporation, whose main office was located in New York City. This certificate bears two uncancelled 25 cent Internal Revenue Certificate stamps applied to the certificate in their designated spaces. The stock..... More