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Beautiful Mine
ISBN-13:
9781461746812
Veröffentl:
2008
Seiten:
160
Autor:
Chris Enss
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
Reflowable
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Often portrayed only as "camp followers" or "sporting women" in association with the gold rushes of the Old West, women actually made fortunes panning and mining, as well. These short vignettes look at the lives of the women who participated in the booms and busts as miners and mine owners.
During the gold rush, women worked alongside men panning and digging for gold and silver in the mountains of Colorado, California, and all the way up to Alaska. While many books have been written about the frontier women who ran brothels and boarding houses in mining towns, none have told the true stories of ladies who labored as hard as men out in the mines. A wonderful collection of true Americana, this book includes archival photographs of lady miners as well as the mines and boomtowns.