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"Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps"
Large Format Illustrated Atlas -Combined Edition
A photo atlas, Volume 1 & Volume 2-combined - All of Nevada, 54 COLOR maps, 208 pp
By Stan Paher
..Reg.Price=$ 32.50....Our Price.........$ 27.95, Softbound,
for which S & H is $4.00.
The Hardbound Combined Atlas, which is a match to the hardbound edition, above, is store priced at $39.95,
here it is only $32.95,
S&H is $ 4.50 for the heavier volume..
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CALIFORNIA GHOST TOWN TRAILS,
by Russ Leadebrand.112 pages.
Same format as above book
........................Temporarily out of print............................. $6.95.
DEATH VALLEY'S SCOTTY'S CASTLE,
by S..W. Paher. 48 pages, large 9 x 12 format, heavily illustrated in color.
Built with funds supplied by a Chicago insurance executive benefactor, the Castle ultimately took its name from a local prospector who publicized it and jealously guarded its development--Walter "Death Valley" Scott. Besides a history of Scott, there are about fifty intricate color pictures of the Castle itself.
#81-4.......................................................................................... $ 6.95.
DEATH VALLEY GHOST TOWNS, VOL.I,
by S. W. Paher. 32 pages, 9 x 12, map, 50 old-time photographs .
Though Death Valley is known for its colorful eras of borax mining, there were gold and silver rushes also. The first one included Panamint and Calico, while the early 20th century boom produced Rhyolite, Greenwater, and others. About 35 mining camps are included. Color cover.
#35-0...........................................................................................................$ 4.95.
DEATH VALLEY GHOST TOWNS, VOL.II,
by S. W. Paher. 32 pages, 9 x 12, illus.
Mining camps of the Death Valley National Monument_Skidoo, Panamint City, and Old Stovepipe Wells_are joined by those immediately to the west, including Cerro Gordo, Darwin and Cartago. There are essays on "The Prospector," the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad and desert driving hints. Color cover.
#36-9. ......................................................................................................... $ 4.95.
DEATH VALLEY GHOST TOWNS,
by S. W. Paher. 48 pages, 9 x 12, map.
The heart of the above two books combine to form this heavily illustrated hardbound volume. Color dust jacket.
#03-2......................................................................................................... $ 12.95.
BODIE...BOOM TOWN. GOLD TOWN!
The Last of California's Old-Time Mining Camps,
by Douglas McDonald. 48 pages, illus., color cover, 7 x 10. Though Bodie was discovered in 1859, no significant mining was begun until after rich strikes in 1877 brought about a furious mining rush two years later. The height of the boom occurred in 1880, though the mines were still active until 1920. Illustrations show the mines and miners, street scenes, buildings, the mills bullion, and the crowds which made up Bodie.
#88-1. ......................................................................................................... $4.95.
BODIE BONANZA,
by Warren Loose. 246 pages, illus .
A Bodie native chronicles the social picture of the camp during its heyday (1878-1880), lacing the text with news stories of the fortunes, failures, the rowdiness, businesses, the "red lights," and entertainments. A closing chapter surveys later happenings at what is now Bodie State Park.
#32-6.......................................................................................................... $11.95.
MINING CAMP DAYS,
by Emil W. Billeb. 229 pages, illus.
The author provides insights into Nevada and eastern California mining camps after 1905. Dozens of unpublished photographs were taken by this observer-participant, augmenting a good text.
#80-0. ....................................................................................................... $11.95.
CALIFORNIA-NEVADA GHOST TOWN ATLAS,
48 pp., illus.
Combines 25 maps to sites with commentary ................................................................................ $ 3.50.
EARLY ENGINEERING WORKS CONTRIBUTORY TO THE COMSTOCK,by John Galloway. 103 pages, map.
Detailed research covers water supply, wood and lumber industries, travel routes and the famed V&T Railroad. (OUT OF PRINT only a few copies left!!!)
......................................... $25.95.
