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Mining
High Grading In mining lingo, high grading was simply pilfering ore from the mine one’s employer...
In mining lingo, high grading was simply pilfering ore from the mine one’s employer. A miner might take a few choice pieces of ore home with him at...
Salting A Gold Mine The game of buying and selling a worthless mine could conceivably become a matter of who could outwit whom...
Mining Camp author Brete Harte wrote: "The ways of a man with a maid are strange, but tame, when compared to a man with a mine when buying or...
Black Hills Gold
Explore South Dakota’s sacred mountains and discover a bonanza of historic mining towns.
Way Out Wickenburg Way
Discover the Old West history and heritage of one of Arizona’s oldest towns.
The Misery of Mining in the Old West
For many miners, the report of 34-year-old Dr. Anthony J. Lanza came a “day late and a dollar short.” Near the beginning of the last century, this...
Alaska’s Quiet Gold Rush
He said his name was Tommy. In his 60s, he had driven his compact pickup truck from Mississippi all the way to Alaska. Arriving in Homer, he spent...