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Mining among the Clouds : The Mosquito Range and the Origins of Colorado's Silver Boom by Harvey N. Gardiner (2002, Trade Paperback)

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Title: Mining Among The Clouds: The Mosquito Range And The Origins Of Colorado's Silver Boom. Publisher: Colorado History Society. Weight: 0.63 lbs. Number of Pages: 136. ISBN10: 0942576403. Publication Date: 2002-06-15.

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PublisherHi-Story Colorado

ISBN-100942576403

ISBN-139780942576405

eBay Product ID (ePID)2270441

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Book TitleMining Among the Clouds : the Mosquito Range and the Origins of Colorado's Silver Boom

Number of Pages136 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMining, United States / State & Local / General

Publication Year2002

IllustratorYes

GenreTechnology & Engineering, History

AuthorHarvey N. Gardiner

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Reviews"...detailed yet accessible...If you've got any interest in Colorado's mining lore, you'll be glad you read it." - Colorado Central Magazine, "...detailed yet accessible...If you've got any interest in Colorado's mining lore, you'll be glad you read it." -- Colorado Central Magazine

SynopsisExamines what one reporter dubbed "aerial" mining - silver mining at such high altitudes that the miners were literally working among the clouds. Explores the history of Colorado's Silver Decade., In Mining Among the Clouds, Harvey N. Gardiner examines what one reporter dubbed "aerial" mining - silver mining at such high altitudes that the miners were literally working among the clouds. In the summer of 1871, two prospectors ventured high up Mount Bross in Colorado's Mosquito Range. There they discovered an outcropping of silver ore in blue limestone. An unprecedented find, it set off strike after strike in Park County. Thus began the silver boom that gave rise to Leadville, laying the foundation for Colorado's Silver Decade.