Digging Gold Among the Rockies
First published in 1880, G. Thomas Ingham wrote his account of the Colorado gold and silver rushes while the boom was still going on. This reprint keeps the period voice intact, enthusiasms and assumptions included, as a record of how the mining West described itself at the time.
- Published
- 1880
- Category
- History
- Place
- Colorado
- Listed at
- $32.32
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About this book
Digging Gold Among the Rockies is G. Thomas Ingham's account of the Colorado gold and silver rushes, written while the boom was still going on. Goodreads gives the full title as Digging Gold Among the Rockies: Or, Exciting Adventures of Wild Camp Life in Leadville, Black Hills and the Gunnison Country, giving a graphic history. The author's name appears there as George Thomas Ingham.
Our description says this reprint keeps the period voice intact, enthusiasms and assumptions included, as a record of how the mining West described itself at the time. Publication details differ between records, so we leave the original year and publisher out here.
The three districts in the full title tell you where the book's attention goes: Leadville, the Black Hills and the Gunnison country. We found no contents list and no review, so we describe the book only by its title and our description.
Who it is for
Readers of Colorado and Western mining history who want a voice from the boom itself will find that here. Because the text keeps its period enthusiasms and assumptions, it works as a primary source on how the mining West saw itself. It is not a modern, balanced survey, and the description is upfront about that.
Ways to use this book
Reading a boom town account critically
Because this reprint keeps the period voice, check its claims against a modern account. The Leadville entry is a short, plain way to see how one camp's story is told today.
Tracing the three districts on a map
Pick one of the three places in the title and see which museum covers it. Comparing a Colorado camp with a Black Hills town in the same era shows how alike the rushes were. More books are on our /library/ history shelf.
Go deeper
The full title of this 1880 account names Leadville, the Black Hills and the Gunnison country. These museums and reference pages cover those places today, so you can see what became of the camps it describes.
Leadville
The Colorado Encyclopedia history of Leadville, the highest incorporated city in the United States, covering the silver boom of the late 1870s and what followed.
National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
A Leadville museum whose stated mission is to collect, preserve and educate the public about mining and its people.
Deadwood History
The site of the Adams Museum and the Days of '76 Museum in Deadwood, which says the Adams Museum was founded in 1930 to preserve the history of the Black Hills.
Gunnison Pioneer Museum
The Gunnison County pioneer society's museum, which aims to preserve the history of the people who came to make a life in the Gunnison country.
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