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Tonopah,NV - Nye County - 1966 - Nevada's 20th Century Mining Boom Book :

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Tonopah,NV - Nye County - 1966 - Nevada's 20th Century Mining Boom Book :
Nevada’s 20th Century Mining Boom by Russell R. Elliot. Written in 1966 and published by University of Nevada Press, this 344 page book covers various materials in two main categories: 1) gold camps in Nevada and 2) copper camps in Nevada. The first section on gold camps is divided into several sub categories and covers areas of discovery, leasing and high finance, mines’ publicity, and the decline and decay of gold camps. Secondly, the section on Nevada copper camps covers how copper replaced many of the old gold mining facilities, a compare and contrast section of copper towns and gold towns, copper mine labor troubles and how corporate control lead to increased prosperity. Hard cover with jacket, 5 ½” x 8” EST~$10-$25~