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[Hardcover] - $29.95
After the Boom in Tombstone and Jerome, Arizona
Decline in Western Resource Towns
by Eric L. Clements
The process of a mining camp’s decline is examined through the histories of two Western towns that were reinvented as tourist attractions following their days of boom and bust.... more

[Paperback] - $21.95
Bodie's Gold
Tall Tales and True History From a California Mining Town
by Marguerite Sprague
The Bodie Mining District was established in 1860 after the discovery of gold deposits in the area. Bodie’... more

[Paperback] - $21.95
Boomtown Saloons
Archaeology and History in Virginia City
by Kelly J. Dixon
The image of Old West saloons as sites of violence and raucous entertainment has been perpetuated by film and legend, but the true story of such establishments is far more complex.... more

[Hardcover] - $39.95
Calaveras Gold
The Impact of Mining on a Mother Lode County
by Ronald H. Limbaugh, Willard P. Fuller
California’s Calaveras County—made famous by Mark Twain and his celebrated Jumping Frog—is the focus of this comprehensive study of Mother Lode mining.... more

[Paperback] - $24.95
Comstock Women
The Making of a Mining Community
Edited by Ronald M. James, C. Elizabeth Raymond
When it comes to Nevada history, men get most of the ink. Comstock Women is a collection of 14 historical studies that helps to rectify that reality.... more

[Paperback] - $12.95
Eureka and Its Resources
by Lambert Molinelli
In the late 1800s, the town of Eureka, Nevada, was seeking new residents and investors to help stimulate its booming economy.... more

[Hardcover] - $31.95
The Glory Days in Goldfield, Nevada
by Sally Zanjani
Goldfield, Nevada, was one of the West’s last mining boomtowns, centered on a fabulously rich gold deposit discovered in 1902 and exhausted by 1920.... more

[Paperback] - $18.95
The History of the Comstock Lode
by Grant H. Smith,
With New Material by Joseph V. Tingley
No aspect of Nevada's history has captured so much attention as the heady boomtown days of the Comstock Lode strike in the mid-nineteenth century.... more