Gold Town to Ghost Town: The Story of Silver City, Idaho

Gold Town to Ghost Town: The Story of Silver City, Idaho
ISBN-10
0893010871
ISBN-13
9780893010874
Pages
124
Language
English
Published
1982
Publisher
University Press of Idaho
Author
Julia Conway Welch

Description

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho Press
For over a hundred years, the hopes, struggles, achievements and failures of mining in the West were played out against a backdrop of unrivaled beauty. This book chronicles the story of Silver City from the first discoveries of silver at nearby Jordan Creek in 1863 to the work of those who still labor to preserve its heritage.