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In 1972, fire broke out in Idaho's Sunshine Mine. When the first whisps of smoke appeared, the miners thought little of it. But soon, 91 workers were dead from smoke inhalation or carbon monoxide poisoning. New York Times best-selling author Gregg Olsen delivers the shocking true story of this disaster, which led to much-needed improvements in mine safety.
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Charles Redd monographs in western history volume no. 2
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Brigham Young University Press
Pub. Date
[1973]
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English
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Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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[2023]
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English
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"Two-time Spur Award winner Brett Cogburn revives the true grit and glory of the Old West with a hero as glorious as the author’s real-life ancestor Rooster Cogburn — master gunman Newt “Widowmaker” Jones. But when the Widowmaker agrees to guard a mountain of silver against an outlaw out for revenge and a cold-blooded hired gun, has he signed his own death warrant? They call him “The Cutter”&#٬٢٠٢٦؛ Famous for his fancy bowler...
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2021.
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English
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"Ace and Chance Jensen usually spend Christmas at the Sugarloaf Ranch. But this year, the brothers are heading to Death Valley to claim Chance's prize in a poker game: the deed to a silver mine. Sure, the mine is probably dried up and worthless, but what they don't realize is that half the deed belongs to a ruthless outlaw named Foxx, a rich vein of silver hasn't been tapped yet, and another wealthy mine owner is trying to crush the competition--by...
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Historic mining camps of Nevada volume 4
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U.S. Geological survey and the Nevada Department of conservation and Natual Resources
Pub. Date
[1973]
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English
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
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[2021]
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IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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After a mining accident kills her father and leaves her brother missing, twelve-year-old Ana puts her dreams on hold and goes into the mine to help her family survive in their impoverished Bolivian silver mining community.
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University of Nevada Press
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[2009]
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English
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"John Mackay offers new insight into the life and achievements of this remarkable man. It also sets Mackay into the broader context of his time, an era of robber barons and rampant corruption, rapidly advancing technology, national and international capitalism, and flagrant displays of newfound wealth." "John Mackay recounts the life and career of one of the most contradictory men of his age, a capitalist of immense wealth who generously helped those...
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Video Velocity
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English
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"Join local historian Chic DeFrancia, as he takes you on a tour of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode! In this lavish production, you’ll experience the story of the discovery of the Comstock Lode, and meet the characters of Virginia City’s early history: the Grosch Brothers, Henry Comstock, James Fennimore, Captain Storey, Eilly Orrum, Sandy Bowers, Phillip Diedesheimer, John Mackay, James Fair, William Sharon, Dan de Quille, Mark Twain, Julia...
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Scribner
Pub. Date
2018
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English
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The rags-to-riches American frontier tale of an Irish immigrant who outwits, outworks, and outmaneuvers thousands of rivals to take control of Nevadas Comstock Lodethe rich body of gold and silver so immensely valuable that it changed the destiny of the United States. Born in 1831, John W. Mackay was a penniless Irish immigrant who came of age in New York City, went to California during the Gold Rush, and mined without much luck for eight years. When...
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