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Hills of silver : the Yukon's mighty Keno Hill mine / Aaro E. Aho.
- Title
- Hills of silver : the Yukon's mighty Keno Hill mine / Aaro E. Aho.
- Author
- Aho, Aaro E. (Aaro Emil), 1925-1977.
- Publication
- Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Pub., c2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | F1095.5.K46 A35 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 336 p. : ill., maps, ports.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "The Yukon is famous for the Klondike gold rush, but it was the site of another major mineral discovery in 1918 that touched off its own stampede of sourdoughs and eventually produced more paydirt than the Klondike. This was the fabulously rich Keno Hill silver deposit, which made the Yukon one of the world's leading silver producers and backstopped the territorial economy for decades. The story of Keno's discovery, development and decline is one of the great adventures of the North, and it is told here by one of the Yukon's legendary mining personalities, Dr. Aaro Aho."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Keno Hill Mine (Yukon)
- 1900-1999
- Mining camps > Yukon Territory > Keno Hill Region > History > 20th century
- Silver mines and mining > Yukon Territory > Keno Hill Region > History > 20th century
- Frontier and pioneer life > Yukon Territory > Keno Hill Region
- Argent > Mines et extraction > Histoire. > Yukon > Keno Hill, Région de
- Keno Hill Region (Yukon) > History > 20th century
- Keno Hill Region (Yukon) > History, Local
- Keno Hill, Région de (Yukon) > Histoire
- Genre/Form
- History
- Local history
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-321) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Frontier -- 2. Three secretive Swedes -- 3. The outposts -- 4. Highet creek -- 5. Haggart creek -- 6. The silver king -- 7. Top of the hill -- 8. Number nine -- 9. Sadie/ Ladue -- 10. Wernecke camp -- 11. Keno -- 12. Combing the hills -- 13. The lucky queen -- 14. Elsa -- 15. Revival of the king -- 16. The rough thirties -- 17. Hector-Calumet -- 18. End of the era -- 19. A shooting in the night -- 20. United Keno -- 21. Deal with O'Neill -- 22. The Halcyon years -- 23. Persistence and frustration -- 24. The mysterious ore shipment -- 25. The fight for reserves -- 26. The Hinterland -- 27. Perspective.
- ISBN
- 9781550173949 (pbk.)
- 1550173944 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2006462394
- 9781550173949
- OCLC
- 63194802
- SCSB-11245013
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library