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San Juan bonanza : western Colorado's mining legacy
- Title
- San Juan bonanza : western Colorado's mining legacy / John L. Ninnemann, Duane A. Smith.
- Author
- Ninnemann, John L.
- Publication
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2006.
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- Additional Authors
- Smith, Duane A.
- Description
- xv, 85 pages : illustrations, map; 27 cm
- Summary
- "Colorado's San Juan Mountains are home to some of the most historic, and notorious, gold and silver mining towns in the West: Ouray, Silverton, Telluride, and Creede. For five centuries, the San Juans were the summer home to the Ute Indians. They were explored and claimed by Spaniards 250 years ago, and it has only been 150 years since they were entered and permanently settled by European Americans." "Probably above all else, the San Juan Mountains' legacy will be tied to the mining camps and towns that littered its terrain. The 1859 Pikes Peak gold rush brought the prospectors, followed by entrepreneurs of all stripes who opened saloons, hotels, and general stores. Still others came to practice their chosen professions: lawyers, newspaper editors, gamblers, and the occasional gunman. Two decades later, the rich silver veins in the San Juans were adding to the mining frenzy." "Duane Smith, recognized historian of Colorado's mining areas, provides the history of the San Juan Mountains, the mining camps, boomtowns, and ghost towns. John Ninnemann's photographs illustrate the text and include the natural, and sometimes harsh, beauty of the area, narrow-gauge railroads, and mountain trails."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Mining districts > San Juan Mountains Region (Colo. and N.M.) > History
- Mining districts > San Juan Mountains Region (Colo. and N.M.) > History > Pictorial works
- Mines and mineral resources > San Juan Mountains Region (Colo. and N.M.) > History
- Gold mines and mining > San Juan Mountains Region (Colo. and N.M.) > History
- Silver mines and mining > San Juan Mountains Region (Colo. and N.M.) > History
- Mining camps > San Juan Mountains Region (Colo. and N.M.) > History
- Frontier and pioneer life > San Juan Mountains Region (Colo. and N.M.)
- San Juan Mountains Region (Colo. and N.M.) > History
- San Juan Mountains Region (Colo. and N.M.) > History > Pictorial works
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Map of the San Juans -- The arrival of the miners -- San Juan urbanization.
- ISBN
- 0826335780 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005025894
- 9780826335784
- OCLC
- OCM61694660
- SCSB-5246990
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries