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5 1870–1874: Bonanza! “Three Cheers and a Tiger”
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- Foreword ix
- Prologue 1
- 1 Pike’s Peak or Bust 11
- 2 1859: The Year Dreams Became Reality 29
- 3 1860–1864: “To Everything There is a Season” 47
- 4 1864–1869: “Good Times a-Comin”—Someday 63
- 5 1870–1874: Bonanza! “Three Cheers and a Tiger” 79
- 6 1875–1880: “All Roads Lead to Leadville” 95
- 7 The Silver Eighties: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times 113
- 8 “There’ll Be a Hot Time” 129
- 9 “The Everlasting Love of the Game” 151
- Photographic Essay: Nineteenth-Century Colorado Mining 173
- 10 1900–1929: Looking Forward Into Yesterday 187
- 11 Mucking Through Depression, War, and New Ideas 209
- 12 Mining on the Docket of Public Opinion: The Environmental Age 227
- Photographic Essay : Colorado Mining in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 245
- Epilogue: A Tale Well Told 257
- Notes 263
- Bibliographical Essay 273
- Index 277
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- Foreword ix
- Prologue 1
- 1 Pike’s Peak or Bust 11
- 2 1859: The Year Dreams Became Reality 29
- 3 1860–1864: “To Everything There is a Season” 47
- 4 1864–1869: “Good Times a-Comin”—Someday 63
- 5 1870–1874: Bonanza! “Three Cheers and a Tiger” 79
- 6 1875–1880: “All Roads Lead to Leadville” 95
- 7 The Silver Eighties: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times 113
- 8 “There’ll Be a Hot Time” 129
- 9 “The Everlasting Love of the Game” 151
- Photographic Essay: Nineteenth-Century Colorado Mining 173
- 10 1900–1929: Looking Forward Into Yesterday 187
- 11 Mucking Through Depression, War, and New Ideas 209
- 12 Mining on the Docket of Public Opinion: The Environmental Age 227
- Photographic Essay : Colorado Mining in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 245
- Epilogue: A Tale Well Told 257
- Notes 263
- Bibliographical Essay 273
- Index 277
