G. Thomas Ingham
1 book in the catalogue, published 1880.
G. Thomas Ingham wrote Digging Gold Among the Rockies, a period account of the Colorado mining boom. We know him through that book; Goodreads gives his full name as George Thomas Ingham.
About G. Thomas Ingham
No biography of Ingham turned up in the sources we could read. What we have is the book: our description says he wrote his account of the gold and silver rushes while the boom was still going on, and Goodreads lists the subtitle as exciting adventures of wild camp life in Leadville, Black Hills and the Gunnison country.
Different catalogue records disagree on the original date and publisher of the book, so we have left those out instead of choosing one.
What the books share
The one Ingham book on record is about mining camp life during the rushes. Its full title names Leadville, the Black Hills and the Gunnison country, three places whose camps are central to the story of the mining West. Our description says the reprint preserves the period voice, enthusiasms and assumptions included, so what a reader gets is the boom as one writer saw it while it was still going on, not a later summing up.
Next steps for readers of this author
Using a period account as a primary source
A book written during the boom is evidence of how people saw it then. Keep a modern article beside it, and note which claims the later sources repeat, change or leave out.
Finding more on the mining West
Ingham's single book is a good starting point. Browse the /library/ history shelf for other mining books, then follow the district that interests you most.
Go deeper
Ingham wrote about mining camps while the rushes were still on. These references cover the places his full title names, so a reader can compare his 1880 view with later accounts.
Leadville in the Colorado Encyclopedia
A modern history of Leadville and its silver boom, with context on the people and companies that shaped the district.
Adams Museum and Days of '76 in Deadwood
Deadwood History's page on its museums, which preserve and display the history of the Black Hills.
Gunnison County in the Colorado Encyclopedia
An overview of the county named for the explorer John W. Gunnison, established in 1877.
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