Arthur W. Monroe 1899
1 book in the catalogue, published 2009.
Arthur W. Monroe is the author of San Juan Silver, an account of the San Juan silver country that Western Reflections reprinted in 2009. It is the one Monroe book in our catalogue.
About Arthur W. Monroe
We know Monroe through the book. Our catalogue describes San Juan Silver as part history and part biography, drawn from the frontier and pioneer lives of the people who worked the camps. We searched for a biography, a dated original edition and a catalogue record of earlier printings and found nothing we could verify, so we do not state a birth year, a hometown or the original publication date.
What the books share
San Juan Silver is concerned with the silver camps of southwestern Colorado and the pioneers who worked them. That is all the catalogue supports, and we will not add to it.
The subjects this author is catalogued under. Open Library record.
Next steps for readers of this author
Searching for a mining ancestor
Browse the Center's finding aids before contacting staff, then email with a name and period. Finding aids help you ask for the right boxes.
Reading mining numbers beside the stories
The USGS report gives production totals for the county. Read it alongside the reprint to see the scale behind a pioneer's account.
Following up on the author
We could not verify a biography, so visit the author's page and the reprint's page, then ask us at /contact-us/ about the original edition.
Go deeper
Monroe's San Juan Silver deals with the silver camps of southwestern Colorado. These pages cover the region's archives, its mining output and the town of Ouray.
Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College
A college center whose website lists collections, finding aids and online exhibits on the Southwest.
Western Mining History: San Juan County Gold Production
A 1968 USGS report on San Juan County, saying it produced about 1,665,000 ounces of gold through 1959.
Colorado Encyclopedia: Ouray
An article on the town and on Chief Ouray, a leader of the Uncompahgre band of Utes.
Good to know
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