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1	Foundation more books like this by Mercedes Lackey add to wishlist The first in a new trilogy. In this chronicle of the early history of Valdemar, a 13-year-old orphan named Magpie escapes a life of slavery in the gem mines after he is chosen by one of the magical Companion horses of Valdemar to be trained as a Herald. see all copies from $2.06! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Comstock Lode more books like this by Louis L'Amour add to wishlist Near Virginia City, Nevada, a drifter trying to forget the past and an actress searching for a future are drawn together to find their fortunes in the gold and silver mines of the Comstock Lode see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Thurston House more books like this by Danielle Steel add to wishlist Sabrina Thurston has been groomed by her father since childhood to take over his mining business. Nothing will stop her. Not the depression, nor rivals, nor her own emotional needs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines & Buried Treasures of the Southwest more books like this by J Frank Dobie add to wishlist 1930. From In the Beginning: These tales are not creations of mine. They belong to the soil and to the people of the soil. Like all things that belong, they have their roots deep in the place of their being, deep too in the past. They are an outgrowth; they embody the geniuses of divergent races and peoples who even while fiercely opposing each ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $55.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Lost Treasures of American History more books like this by W C Jameson add to wishlist To promote the movie "National Treasure" starring Nicolas Cage, Walt Disney Pictures identified W.C. Jameson as one of the three experts in the U.S. on finding lost treasures. Disney representatives interviewed him for publicity of the film and then spent two days with him in the mountains filming what will become part of the trailer for the film ... see all copies from $9.15! new only from $9.67! \| SVS
6	Indigo Dying more books like this by Susan Wittig Albert add to wishlist Indigo, a Texas town now long past its heyday, beckons China Bales to teach a dyeing workshop. China becomes involved in the town's revival--it has begun to attract artists from the cities--and is pitted against old-timer Casey Ford, who has decided to sell his mining rights, a move that is sure to sink the town once again. After Ford is found ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of California more books like this by Remi Nadeau add to wishlist see all copies from $2.19! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Mines of Colorado more books like this by Ovando James Hollister add to wishlist Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Discoveries of Gold in the Mountains?John H. Gregory and the Gregory Lode?History of Discovery Claim on the Gregory? Placer and Bar Diggings?First Mining ... see all copies from $2.31! new only from $20.81! \| first editions
9	Stampede to timberline; the ghost towns and mining camps of Colorado more books like this by Muriel Sibell Wolle add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! signed copies \| first editions
10	Jeep Trails to Colorado Ghost Towns more books like this by Robert L Brown add to wishlist Settle into your 4-wheel drive vehicle or any old easy chair and take off for the mining camps of Colorado! This book is an illustrated history of fifty-nine towns famous during the gold and silver rushes of the 1800s with directions on how to get there. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Mining Frontiers of the Far West, 1848-1880 more books like this by Rodman Wilson Paul add to wishlist Long out of print, this highly praised classic study of western mining is now available with three new chapters by Elliott West. When originally published in 1963, Professor Paul's book offered the first comprehensive view of western mining as an integral part of the settlement process. In his supplemental chapters, Professor West presents a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.86! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Lost Mines and Hidden Treasure more books like this by Leland Lovelace add to wishlist see all copies from $6.47! signed copies \| first editions
13	The Bonanza Trail: Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of the West more books like this by Muriel Sibell Wolle add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! new only from $28.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Hard Rock Epic: Western Miners and the Industrial Revolution, 1860-1910 more books like this by Mark Wyman add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15	Ghosts of the glory trail : intimate glimpses into the past and present of 275 western ghosttowns more books like this by Nell Murbarger add to wishlist see all copies from $5.23! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Aftermath more books like this by Dr. Ben Bova add to wishlist This sequel to "The Precipice, The Rock Rats," and "The Silent War" continues the story of Victor Zacharius, who flees his ore-carrier "Syracuse" to draw an attackers attention away from his family. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the West: Bibliography and Place Names, from Kansas West to California, Oregon, Washington, and Mexico more books like this by Thomas Probert add to wishlist see all copies from $14.00! first editions
18 view cover	The Far West and the Great Plains in Transition, 1859-1900 more books like this by Rodman W Paul add to wishlist In this book, his final work, Rodman W. Paul explores settlement of the American West in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Lured by stories of open spaces, fertile farming, and grazing lands and by the attraction of gold and silver, people from many nations traveled westward by the thousands. Early migrants rode in stagecoaches and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| first editions \| SVS
19	The Big Bonanza: An Authentic Account of the Discovery, History and Working of the World-Renowned Comstock Lode of Nevada .. more books like this by Dan De Quille add to wishlist see all copies from $3.99! signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Bonanza Girl more books like this by Patricia Beatty add to wishlist Set in the 1880s, this is the story of 13-year-old Katie and her family who move to Idaho after the death of Katie's father. Katie's mother hopes to find work as a teacher and maybe even mine for gold. Upon reaching Idaho and seeing how expensive it is to live there, Katie's mother decides to open a restaurant. It is here that Katie becomes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Resource Rebels: Native Challenges to Mining and Oil Corporations more books like this by Al Gedicks add to wishlist Native peoples throughout the globe are facing extinction due to the greed of mining and oil companies. Their plight sounds the alarm to all those concerned about the prospect of global warming, genocide, and eco-disasters of kinds. Building a multi-racial, transnational movement to drastically limit resource extraction and creating a new ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| SVS
22	Lost mines and treasures of the Pacific Northwest more books like this by Ruby El Hult add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00!
23 view cover	Exploring Rocks Minerals Fossils more books like this by Richard M Pearl add to wishlist Richard M. Pearl has provided the book so much desired - a brilliant, readable, and extremely well-illustrated survey of Colorado's rocks, minerals, and fossils. In all, twenty-seven chapters comprise a rich and satisfyingly complete discussion. see all copies from $1.99!
24	Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost & Buried Treasures of the Southwest more books like this by J Frank Dobie, Ben C Mead (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $2.50! first editions \| SVS
25	Ore deposits of the United States, 1933-1967; the Graton-Sales volume. more books like this by John Drew Ridge, Metallurgical American Institute of Mining, Petroleum Engineers add to wishlist see all copies from $19.85! first editions

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