Lengner Kenneth E and Danny Ray Thomas (1 results)

[NEVADA] [CALIFORNIA]. First edition. 4to. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, iv, 176 [1] pp., double column, the authors, acknowledgements, preface, introduction, illustrated with many in color, maps, appendices, references, index. An exhaustive study of Leadfield, Nevada, dealing with miners, mining operations, promoters/swindlers, newspapers, businesses, and the development and collapse of Leadfield. "A story that is typical of many of the boomtowns in the Death Valley region and the Southwest. It was a drama played out by a cast of characters that included promotors, prospectors, miners, surveyors, engineers, government officials, newspapermen, businessmen, and flim-flam men of all sizes, shapes, colors and hues. The plot was driven by the diverse aspirations of those many characters. The Leadville stage was set between lofty and colorful peaks in Death Valley's Grapevine Mountains and the banks of the Amargosa River where the town of Beatty and the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Company tracks were located." As new, unread copy without dust jacket, as issued.…