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The Bonanza King
Author | : Gregory Crouch |
Publsiher | : Scribner |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2019-06-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781501108204 |
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“A monumentally researched biography of one of the nineteenth century’s wealthiest self-made Americans…Well-written and worthwhile” (The Wall Street Journal) it’s the rags-to-riches frontier tale of an Irish immigrant who outwits, outworks, and outmaneuvers thousands of rivals to take control of Nevada’s Comstock Lode. Born in 1831, John W. Mackay was a penniless Irish immigrant who came of age in New York City, went to California during the Gold Rush, and mined without much luck for eight years. When he heard of riches found on the other side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1859, Mackay abandoned his claim and walked a hundred miles to the Comstock Lode in Nevada. Over the course of the next dozen years, Mackay worked his way up from nothing, thwarting the pernicious “Bank Ring” monopoly to seize control of the most concentrated cache of precious metals ever found on earth, the legendary “Big Bonanza,” a stupendously rich body of gold and silver ore discovered 1,500 feet beneath the streets of Virginia City, the ultimate Old West boomtown. But for the ore to be worth anything it had to be found, claimed, and successfully extracted, each step requiring enormous risk and the creation of an entirely new industry. Now Gregory Crouch tells Mackay’s amazing story—how he extracted the ore from deep underground and used his vast mining fortune to crush the transatlantic telegraph monopoly of the notorious Jay Gould. “No one does a better job than Crouch when he explores the subject of mining, and no one does a better job than he when he describes the hardscrabble lives of miners” (San Francisco Chronicle). Featuring great period photographs and maps, The Bonanza King is a dazzling tour de force, a riveting history of Virginia City, Nevada, the Comstock Lode, and America itself.
The Great Bonanza
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Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 1876 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:1045601576 |
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The Great Bonanza
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Author | : William Taylor Adams,Robert Michael Ballantyne |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2018-10-09 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 3337665292 |
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The Great Bonanza
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1876 |
Genre | : Adventure and adventurers |
ISBN | : NYPL:33433082343546 |
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The Great Bonanza Illustrated Narrative of Adventure and Discovery in Gold Mining Silver Mining Among the Raftsmen in the Oil Regions Whaling Hunting Fishing and Fighting
Author | : Robert Michael Ballantyne,William Taylor Adams |
Publsiher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2024-06-13 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9783385516564 |
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
History of the Big Bonanza
Author | : William Wright |
Publsiher | : Franklin Classics |
Total Pages | : 636 |
Release | : 2018-10-13 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 034281690X |
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Great Bonanza
Author | : Oliver Optic,Robert Michael Ballantyne,C. E. Bishop,Frank H. Taylor |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1875 |
Genre | : Adventure and adventurers |
ISBN | : IND:30000111804252 |
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San Juan Bonanza
Author | : John L. Ninnemann,Duane A. Smith |
Publsiher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0826335780 |
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A collaborative photo-history of the natural beauty of the narrow-gauge railroads and mountain trails leading to the San Juan Mountains' mining camps, boomtowns, and ghost towns.