Old Mining Camps of New Mexico, 1854-1904.
by JONES, Fayette A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Santa Fe: Stagecoach Press, 1964. First edition of this selection, limited edition. Small octavo. 92, [2, colophon and blank] pp. including tinted frontispiece of a gold miner. Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine lettering in pristine dust jacket. A fine copy. Includes tales of the Bridal Chamber Mine at Lake Valley-the wold's richest silver mine, the Aztec gold lode, the finest gold deposit in the West, mule-skinner Harry Pye who found wealth in Chloride, and many others. Most of the tales were taken from Jones' 1904 book entitled New Mexico Mines and Minerals.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75962
- Title
- Old Mining Camps of New Mexico, 1854-1904.
- Author
- JONES, Fayette A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Stagecoach Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Fe
- Date Published
- 1964
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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