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Ghost Towns Mining Camps of Vancouver Island
Author | : Thomas William Paterson,Garnet Basque |
Publsiher | : Heritage House Publishing Co |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1895811805 |
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Leechtown, Wellington, Bevan, Kildonan, Fort Rupert, Cape Scott . . .Vancouver Island's ghost towns dot the Island from its southern end to its northern tip, and their stories chart the boom and bust of the resource economy that still characterizes the region. Well illustrated with maps and an abundance of photos, archival and modern, Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Vancouver Islandis filled with tales of the famous and the not-so-famous. The Dunsmuirs appear throughout the book, but so do the First Nations who lived here first and the many European and Asian settlers who were drawn by the promise of wealth and land.
Encyclopedia of Ghost Towns Mining Camps of British Columbia
Author | : Thomas William Paterson |
Publsiher | : Langley, B.C. : Stagecoach Pub. |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105038845348 |
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Ghost Town Stories of BC
Author | : Johnnie Bachusky |
Publsiher | : Heritage House Publishing Co |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2011-02-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781926936192 |
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Many of BC's old mining towns are now abandoned ruins, disappearing into the wilderness. These once-thriving towns and the pioneers who built them are remembered in 10 fascinating stories of hard work and heroism. A mine rescue worker sadly recounts a tale of death underground at Coal Creek. Three eccentric old bachelors become the final residents of Phoenix. Legends of Spanish treasure near a Vancouver Island gold-rush town persist to this day. Experience BC's colourful past in these entertaining stories from the province's vanished communities.
Ghost Towns Mining Camps of the Boundary Country
Author | : Garnet Basque |
Publsiher | : Langley, B.C. : Sunfire Publications |
Total Pages | : 151 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : British Columbia |
ISBN | : 0919531334 |
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The many lost communities of British Columbia's Boundary country, which stretches from Osoyoos east to the Kootnays, are reborn with the help of 150 photographs, a dozen maps and a factual and entertaining text. Garnet Basque interviewed old-timers and scoured newspaper archives to create these entertaining accounts.
The Mining Camps Speak
Author | : Beth Sagstetter,Bill Sagstetter |
Publsiher | : Benchmark Publishing (Company) |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : WISC:89066258898 |
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A guide to appreciating and understanding the history of abandoned mining camps shows how to use the techniques of an historical sleuth to identify and interpret what one sees at a ghost town.
Gold and where They Found it
Author | : Cy Martin,Cynthia Jean Martin Keezer |
Publsiher | : Corona del Mar, Calif. : Trans-Anglo Books |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : UCSD:31822031034226 |
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Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of California
Author | : Remi Nadeau |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:1243794672 |
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Timberline Tailings
Author | : Muriel Sibell Wolle |
Publsiher | : Ohio University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Colorado |
ISBN | : 0804009635 |
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'Timberline Tailings' is made up of material--letters and interviews--of the hardy men and women who met the challenges of the gold and silver mining camps of Colorado with stamina, ingenuity, and a keen love of life.