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Reno, Nevada: Mackay School of Mines, Univ. Of Nevada, 1963, 1963. Octavo. Nevada Bureau of Mines Bulletin 61. 248 pp. describes all antimony mines, prospects and occurrences in the state of Nevada. 80 figures and three tables including fold-out table of Salient Statistics for Antimony in the United Stated, 1925-1958. 16 folded plates in pocket inside back cover. Index. A fine bright copy bound in tan stiff paper wraps lettered in dark blue.

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1889. Octavo. 2nd American Edition. translated from the German by William T. Brannt, edited with extensive additions by F. Lynwood Garrison. xx, 354 pages, index, bibliography. Illustrated with87 engravings. expanded from the smaller 1883 edition. These were the advances beginning to be used in the expansion of American mining. The 31 page catalogue of Baird books on science and technology also gives a glimpse into the growing technology at the end of the 19th century. Bound in publisher's dark brown embossed cloth, decorative endpapers, some chipping to corners and spine. A very good copy without foxing, name stamp of J. Hoar, school of mines, Adelaide, S. [A]ustralia.

Reno: Nevada State Bureau of Mines and Mackay School of MInes, 1945. Good. Ovtavo. Original Wraps. Owner's name and soiling to cover. Spine yellowed. Wear to extremities. Red pencil circling of titles.) University of Nevada Bulletin, Vol. XXXIX, No. 6. 205 pp.

Socorro: New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 1966. Original Wraps. Very Good. . 124 pp.

New York: American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, 1949. First Edition. Octavo. 196pp. English text, with footnotes. Illustrated with 16th century figures and symbols. Bound in tan cloth boards, with black titles, light soiling to cloth.

Tucson, AZ: Westernlore Press, 1983. First Edition. Quarto. 159 pages, index. maps, and over 100 photographs. An essential work on Bisbee from the discovery of rich ore in 1877 to the end of its major mining in the early 1970's. A fine copy bound in red cloth, spine lettering gilt, in a near fine blue pictorial dust jacket lettered in white with a short, closed edge tear to upper edge of front panel, head rubbed.

Tucson; (1992): The University of Arizona Press. First Edition. Quarto. 145(1)pp., illustrated with photographic images. Situated near the Mexican border in the southeastern Arizona, you iwll find the city of Bisbee. It gained prominence as a mining center around the turn of the century and by 1981 has produced almost eight billion pounds of copper. Bisbee is also a living museum that preserves its old majestic buildings and Lavender Pit mine, once an extensive copper kingdom. This work features one hundred historic photographs focusing on the boom years of 1880-1920,A fine bright copy bound in light brown cloth, spine lettering gilt,in a fine pictorial dust acket.

Las Vegas, NV; (1978): Nevada Publications. First Edition. Quarto. First printing of this deluxe limited edition, limited to 100 copies signed by Robert L. Spade, Stanley W. Paher and artist Roy E, Purcel, with his original etching of "the mule packers" , also limited and signed. Both items are number 3. The history of the lost or forgotten ghost towns in Arizona, most were mining camps. The book is illustrated with many early photographs of mines, the towns, people. The towns are listed alphabetically. A very nice copy bound in 1/4 light brown cloth over pictorial gilt paper covered bards, spine lettering gilt, in publisher's slipcase. Very nice.

(Lynald Books. Cornelius Printing Co., Silver Spring, Maryland, 1939). First Edition. Octavo. 226pp.,(1)pp. bibliography and (1)pp. miner's wages, Inscribed "Richard Lamb, who wrote a better review, than I did a book." David McDonald.This is the story of the United Mine Workers Union which began in 1890 through the gold anniversary in 1940. It gives the highlights of this period, and of the major milestones which dot the path of this union through a half-century of vigorous American history. Bound in blue cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt. A very good copy in pictorial dust jacket which lacks its front flap, chipping and creasing to front and rear panels.

Tucson; (1974): University of Arizona Press. First Edition. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, 325pp., illustrated with photographic images. The spectacular rise and fall of William Cornell Greene; Copper king, cattle baron and promoter extraordinary in Mexico, the American Southwest, and the New York Financial District. By age 46, he had built a muti-million copper enterprise, started an enormous lumber business, and accumulated nearly a million acres of ranchland on both sides of both sides of the boarder. When he was 53, his empire collapsed. A fine bright copy bound in green cloth lettered in light copper, in an unclipped near fine pictorial dust jacket.

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. Quarto. xiv, 451 pages, three maps (two large folding), It is from this book we learn that the miners in the Gold Hill District created their own political sub-parties to protect their interest and wrote there would be no banking schemes (which in past cases and caused major frauds on miners in the west). It was not unusual in the long section on the Gold Hill area (132-180) for miners to stake claims and move stakes for a slightly better advantage. The lawlessness and the opportunity for the larger concerns to move in and take control became the rule. Bound in full calf, red and black contrasting spine labels gilt, joints a bit tender, tap to foot of spine, corners worn, front blank nearly detached, internally clean.

Boulder, CO: Johnson Publishing Co, 1961. Limited Edition. Quarto. Limited to 500 copies signed by Author. The present copy is no. 236. 74pp., bound in brown paper covered boards backed in brown cloth, paper abel to upper board printed in red. Boards rubbed. A good copy.

Once Porfirio Diaz became President of Mexico, he proceeded to limit the tax liability for investors. At the same time, he began a process of protecting mining interest against both Indian and bandit raids. By 1890 American investors began to aggressively add mining, railroads and ranching as a new "gold rush" mentality developed. These two documents from 1904 show two things: (1) the ways mining was still expanding; and (2) the U.S. corporation officers remained in Los Angeles, but the operation depended upon a connection in Arizona Territory at Tucson. The agent who recorded the latter document was the legendary Charles A. Shibell, whose checkered career began with Carleton's California expedition and involved his serving as Sheriff in Tucson and appointing Wyatt Earp as Deputy Sheriff in Tombstone (since the growing town at the time was still in Pima County). In the disputed 1880 election with R.H. Paul, he won the San Simone precinct by 103-1 though they had only 10 eligible voters. The end result… Read More

Denver: Np, 1889. First Edition. Octavo. Color die-cut booklet, with images. 48 pages of which 45 are color sketches of floats designed for the festival. With Colorado facing a severe depression from the Silver Crash of 1893, Major Hooper of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad proposed a festival that would be a western version of Mardi Gras. They created an elite secret society known as the Slaves of the Silver Serpent who would bring in planners from the Mardi Gras designers as well as those who followed the idea of floats in the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. They chose the name Festival of Mountain and Plain and it would emphasize the vast wealth of Colorado's agricultural and mineral resources. It began its first festival in 1895 but it became a great success so that by 1898 (the Fourth Annual Festival), it drew people from all over the West and even with special train rates from the eastern U.S. With reports of up to 150,000 attendees, the trains were overloaded and people often had to stay extra… Read More

Dallas: Energy Publications, 1981. Quarto. 229p. Many illustrations providing how oil technology developed with a history of the down-hole tools and dozens of photographic illustrations as well as drill string components and the rig floor. With the same equipment today, oil can still be produced without the problem of poor recovery causes. The last chapter provides the basis for deep sea offshore drilling along the Gulf coast of Texas and Louisiana but the author does not deal a lot with possible safety concerns but does emphasize the importance of regular maintenance because of salt water's problems. Bound in black pictorial gilt cloth depicting an oilrig. Some spotting to rear board and owner's name to upper fore-edge. A very good copy.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1967. First Edition. Original Wraps.. 144 pp. 6 full-color charts, 49 in-text photographs. two sections tape repair.

Globe, AZ: Globe Enterprises, 1975. First American. Original Wraps. Near Fine. Octavo. 55 pp. Illustrated by the author, with instructions and sketches on building prospecting equipment.

New York: The Macmillan Co, 1941. First Edition. Octavo. 427 pp. illustrated with folding maps. This is the first book to tell of gold rushes in general...to Ballarat and Bendigo, to California and the Rand, to Australia and the Rockies, and even to Siberia and Brazil..Bound in blue cloth stamped in gilt, spine lettering gilt. A very good copy with light damp stain to bottom edge of upper board, in clipped dust jacket with chipping to spine ends, some edge wear and dampstain to lower edge of front panel.

Essex, CA (nd): Tales of the Mojave Road Publishing Co. Octavo. An interesting guide to the Bradshaw Trail with maps and black & white and color photographs and drawings. 304pp., bound in black cloth lettered in gilt, nedpapers are maps, smallrub mark to upper corner of front board, and owner's name to front pastedown. A very nice, near fine copy.

(North Star Press, St. Cloud, MN. 2005). First Edition. Octavo. xiii, 235 pages. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. The author who passed away in 2012, was born and raised in Chisholm became a navigator on a B-24 bomber in World War II and after the war entered the University of Minnesota where he graduated from both the college and medical school. He describes what life was like in small iron-mining town in northern Minnesota where the education was unique with more than 50% of the population was foreign born. He describes the effects both of the Great Depression and World War II. Since working on the Iron Range was the main job for everyone, the locals called themselves "Rangers". Since this book was issued in a small print run it is relatively uncommon.