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Author:

Kalman, Bobbie.

Title:

The life of a miner / Bobbie Kalman & Kate Calder.

Publisher:

Crabtree Pub. Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

32 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Gold miners--West (U.S.)--History--Juvenile literature.
Gold miners--Canada, Western--History--Juvenile literature.
Gold mines and mining--West (U.S.)--History--Juvenile literature.
Gold mines and mining--Canada, Western--History--Juvenile literature.
Gold mines and mining--West (U.S.)--History.
Ressources minérales--États-Unis (Ouest)--Histoire--19e siècle--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Ressources minérales--Canada--Histoire--19e siécle--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.

Other Authors:

Calder, Kate, 1974-

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Birth of an industry -- Hard-rock mining -- Inside a mine -- Miner's tools -- At work in the mines -- Life underground -- Stamp mill -- Hazards -- Miners -- Homes of the miners -- Mining families -- Company store -- Worker's rights -- Boomtowns -- Famous mines of the west -- Native land.

Summary:

Describes the hard rock mining industry that developed in the American west following the gold rush, including the operations of a mine and the lives of the miners and their families.

Series:

Life in the Old West
Kalman, Bobbie. Life in the Old West.

ISBN:

9780778701095 (paper)
0778701093 (paper)
9780778700777 (RLB)
0778700771 (RLB)

LCCN:

99023488

Locations:

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

DYPD423 -- Eldora Public Library (Eldora)

XCPB737 -- Lied Public Library-Essex (Essex)

FLPB224 -- Garnavillo Public Library (Garnavillo)

REPC017 -- Greenfield Public Library (Greenfield)

JZPB162 -- Lowden Public Library (Lowden)

CHPB482 -- North English Public Library (North English)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

HQPD845 -- Rock Valley Public Library (Rock Valley)

FBPC124 -- Benny Gambaiani Public Library (Shell Rock) — J622.34