Garry Caldwell (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 174 pages. Illustrated. Gold high on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada brought hundreds of miners racing to Lake Mining District and the boom town of Mammoth City. Mammoth Gold brings back to life the brief but tumultuous years of 1877 to 1881, when hopes leaped sky-high, then abruptly faded and died. It was gold high on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada that had brought prospectors racing to Mammoth City, California. General Dodge and other moneyed men from San Francisco rushed to the new strike, bought up claims, and formed the Mammoth Mining Company. The company drove several tunnels into Mineral Hill, built a 40-stamp mill, a tramway, and a flume from Twin Lakes. Yet barely two years later the mill shut down forever and the following year all the company's property was sold at a sheriff's sale. What went wrong? Was it just bad luck? Or mismanagement? Fraud? Highgrading? And who were the gutsy men and women that cast their lot with this harsh, isolated mining camp? Where did they come from? How did they manage? Were they happy? Did they strike it rich? Exploring for answers, Gary Caldwell combines an historian's obsession for accuracy with a writer's love for the people who lived, worked, and died in Lake District. (SL#227).…

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, Slight Chips & Tear. An introduction to the geography, history, economy, government, people, and culture of the ancient and modern Greece for school children, well illustrated. [This book is a revised, adapted and reset edition of "Let's Visit Greece" by Gary Lyle, published in England]" 94p. map .illus.[ B & W] index.Text neat tight and unmarked, 2 library stamps, else near fine.…

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing, a trade paperback original. "Gold high on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada had brought prospectors racing to Mammoth City, California. General Dodge and other moneyed men from San Francisco rushed to the new strike, bought up claims, and formed the Mammoth Mining Company. The company drove several tunnels into Mineral Hill, built a 40-stamp mill, a tramway, and a flume from Twin Lakes. Yet barely two years later the mill shut down forever and the following year all the company's property was sold at a sheriff's sale. What went wrong? Was it just bad luck? Or mismanagement? Fraud? Highgrading? . [An account which] combines an historian's obsession for accuracy with a writer's love for the people who lived, worked, and died in Lake District. Illustrated with photographs, maps, charts, including two fold out schematics. List of mining terms, works cited, index. xvii, 169 pp. Near fine in glossy wrappers.…