The Mechanics of Optimism [Recurso electrónico] : Mining Companies, Technology, and the Hot Spring Gold Rush, Montana Territory, 1864-1868 / Jeffrey J. Safford.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Patterns of discovery, 1863-1864 -- Mills to Montana, 1865, I : the Ragland, Cope, and Napton Mining Company of Boonville, Missouri, and the New York and Montana Mining and Discover Company of New York City, New York -- Mills to Montana, 1865, II : the Clark and Upson, and the Nelson Mining companies of Hartford, Connecticut -- Further development of the district, 1866 : the Herschel Mining Company of Virginia City, Montana, the Golden Ore Mining & Prospecting Company of Montana (Brooklyn, New York), and Hall and Spaulding of Meadow Creek, Montana -- Expansion of the district and new investors, 1866 : the Midas Mining Company of Rochester, New York -- The Midas Mining Company, 1867 -- Increased competition and doubt, 1867 : the McAndrew and Wann Mining Company of New York City, New York -- The mood in the district, autumn 1867 -- Decline of the district, 1868.

Libro Electrónico

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