Colorado And The Silver Crash

Author : John F. Steinle
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467147575
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colorado and the Silver Crash: The Panic of 1893 written by John F. Steinle and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A catastrophic depression engulfed Colorado in 1893. The government's decision to adopt the gold standard and stop buying silver hit the mining industry like a cave-in. Unemployment reached 90 percent in Leadville, a city built on silver. Strikes by union miners in Cripple Creek and Leadville led to destruction and death. Political parties split along battle lines of gold versus silver. By 1898, the country had begun to recover, but silver mining was never the same. Using firsthand commentary and more than one hundred historic photographs, John Steinle skillfully commemorates the story of Coloradans trapped in the unprecedented social, economic and political conflict of America's first great depression.

Author : John F. Steinle
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9781540248497
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colorado and the Silver Crash: The Panic of 1893 written by John F. Steinle and published by History Press. This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A catastrophic depression engulfed Colorado in 1893. The government's decision to adopt the gold standard and stop buying silver hit the mining industry like a cave-in. Unemployment reached 90 percent in Leadville, a city built on silver. Strikes by union miners in Cripple Creek and Leadville led to destruction and death. Political parties split along battle lines of gold versus silver. By 1898, the country had begun to recover, but silver mining was never the same. Using firsthand commentary and more than one hundred historic photographs, John Steinle skillfully commemorates the story of Coloradans trapped in the unprecedented social, economic and political conflict of America's first great depression.

Author : Denver City Consolidated Silver Mining Company
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Denver City Consolidated Silver Mining Company written by Denver City Consolidated Silver Mining Company and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Duane A. Smith
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1457109883
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trail of Gold and Silver written by Duane A. Smith and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Trail of Gold and Silver, historian Duane A. Smith details Colorado's mining saga - a story that stretches from the beginning of the gold and silver mining rush in the mid-nineteenth century into the twenty-first century. Gold and silver mining laid the foundation for Colorado's economy, and 1859 marked the beginning of a fever for these precious metals. Mining changed the state and its people forever, affecting settlement, territorial status, statehood, publicity, development, investment, economy, jobs both in and outside the industry, transportation, tourism, advances in mining and smelting technology, and urbanization. Moreover, the first generation of Colorado mining brought a fascinating collection of people and a new era to the region. Written in a lively manner by one of Colorado's preeminent historians, this book honors the 2009 sesquicentennial of Colorado's gold rush. Smith's narrative will appeal to anybody with an interest in the state's fascinating mining history over the past 150 years.

Author : P. David Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781890437114
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Quick History of Ouray written by P. David Smith and published by . This book was released on 1999-08-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of "Ouray -- Gem of the Rockies" is a fascinating tale of the typical boom and bust cycles of all of Colorado's major mining towns. Silver brought the first prospectors, but gold kept Ouray from becoming a ghost town after the Silver Crash of 1893. The town rebounded due to demand for metal prices during World War I and II but it slipped into an economic depression after each war. Although tourism was always important, in the 1970s it became more vital to the economy, and the town has continued to grow and prosper since that time.

Author : P. David Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781890437367
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mountains of Silver written by P. David Smith and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A little over a century ago, the Red Mountain Mining District in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado was the scene of a "silver rush" with an output of precious metals second in Colorado only to that of Leadville. In a period of less than twenty-five years, more than thirty million dollars in silver, lead, zinc, copper, and gold were taken from the rich deposits in the mines along Red Mountain Divide -- an amount roughly equivalent to a quarter billion of today's dollars. The histories of the communities that sprang into being with these mines, the railroads constructed to service them, and the men and women who lived, worked and died in them, are the threads deftly woven into the richly textured story of Mountains of Silver. It is a colorful and varied tapestry that depicts the lives of prospectors who made the first rich strikes; the land promoters, speculators, and road-and-railroad builders who capitalized on the frenzied rush to the area; and the motley collection of miners, lawyers, merchants, prostitutes, saloonkeepers, and freighters who attempted to profit from the boom.

Author : Frank Fossett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780598283504
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colorado written by Frank Fossett and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : P. David Smith
Publisher : Westwinds Press
ISBN 13 : 9780871088536
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mountains of Silver written by P. David Smith and published by Westwinds Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Red Mountain Mining District in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado was the scene of a "silver rush" a little over a century ago. In a period of less than twenty-five years, more than thirty million dollars in silver, lead, zinc, copper, and gold were taken from the rich deposits in the mines. Here is the stories of the communities, railroads, and the men and women who lived, worked and died in the mines.

Author : Eric Twitty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Basins of Silver written by Eric Twitty and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story of one of Colorado's most famous mining districts, which lies within eyesight of Silverton, Colorado. It was the scene of the first mining rush to the San Juans, and included the first hardrock mines and ore treatment mill in the San Juans." -- book jacket.

Author : Donald Campbell Kemp
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Silver, Gold, and Black Iron written by Donald Campbell Kemp and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: