Sandon by Dave (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Considerable wear to wraps: some creasing near the bottom front corner and along the spine front and back; edgewear. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Light soiling to leaf edge. (5).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. B/W Photographs (illustrator). 1st Edition. SUBTITLED : `The Mining Centre of the Silvery Slocan '. These 212 pages of British Columbia history open with a note about the 1820's discovery of galena near Riondel. LEARN more about : Rosebery, Kaslo, pack train, Utica mine, Rossland, Daylight Tunnel, Payne vein, Zwicky, Buchanan Lookout, bog manganese, and John Finch. The author has signed the half-title. INDEX at back. Text assisted by b/w archive photos and several drawings of mining techniques. Cond : Buff coloured paper wrapper with black lettering. Cover photo is an 1898 view of downtown Sandon. Tight in binding. No marks in text block. Minimal wear. Flies open slightly. Excellent reference copy. QUote (p. 34) : " Before the strike, all the mining camps were flourishing and humming with activity. Two rival railroads, both advertising `the shortest route to the Slocan fought for the mining trade. As the ore wagons ._._._. . ". Signed by Author(s).