Library Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
111MP |
ISBN |
0-89301-252-1 |
Object Name |
Book, Commonplace |
Author |
Merle W. Wells |
Title |
Gold Camps & Silver Cities; Nineteenth-Century Mining in Central and Southern Idah |
Summary |
Where tourists now see ghost towns, miners of a century ago saw stable, permanent communities, most of which they expected to last forever. Idaho's gold excitement began in 1862 and for many it has never ended. Boom or bust- adventurous miners scrambled by the hundreds to promising diggings in central and southern Idaho. Today, the neames of the old camps stir memories of a great heyday in Idaho's gold and silver rushes... Silver City... Wood River... and Ketchum.... Pierce.... Boise Basin... Thunder Mountian. Merle Wells gives us the history of this fascinating period on the Western frontier: like the account of miners digging 18 miles through snowdrifts, 5 to 20 feet high, to rescue the desprate citizens of Leesburg or of miners carrying rifles instead of picks in the Owyhee War. Few of the mining communities lasted, but this is the definitive history of their life when they were booming. |
Publisher |
University of Idaho Press |
Published Date |
2002 |
Published Place |
Msocow, Id |
Language |
English |
Search Terms |
Books Idaho City Mining |
Subjects |
Books Historical markers History Historic buildings Idaho Minerals Miners Miners' unions |