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Mining South Dakota True West

Black Hills Gold

Explore South Dakota’s sacred mountains and discover a bonanza of historic mining towns.

Bill Markley

Wickenburg Arizona True West

Way Out Wickenburg Way

Discover the Old West history and heritage of one of Arizona’s oldest towns.

Leo W. Banks

grand central mine true west magazine

The End Of The Line An 1886 fire helped end Tombstone’s silver industry.

Mark Boardman

bob womack gold true west magazine

An Unbelievable Gold Find Nobody trusted Bob Womack’s claims.

Mark Boardman

dugans gold true west magazine

Dugan’s Gold A man and his mine.

Marshall Trimble

leadville colorado true west magazine

Leadville, Colorado One of the greatest boom towns in Western history.

Marshall Trimble

lost dutchman peralta locality true west magazine

Lost Dutchman Mine One of the greatest lost mine stories of them all.

Marshall Trimble

lead george hearst mines true west magazine

Who Was The Real George Hearst? The mining magnate might be a modern-day Western film villain, but in reality he was an audacious, self-made entrepreneur of the American West.

Ron Soodalter

cripple creek miners true west magazine

The Militancy of the Miners The Western Federation of Miners waged war in the West.

Mark Boardman

Comstock Inferno Would the world’s richest mine survive the Comstock Fire?

Gregory Crouch

Fire in the Hole! A 1917 mining disaster was lost to history.

Mark Boardman

The Hazards of Underground Mining During the years the fire was out of control the only people able to work the mine were a group of Spanish specialists who became quite legendary...

Marshall Trimble