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010 $a 2004013638
020 $a0870817825 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm55700798
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050 00 $aF737.M2$bS24 2004
082 00 $a338.2/741/0978666309034$222
100 1 $aSafford, Jeffrey J.,$d1934-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77007457
245 14 $aThe mechanics of optimism :$bmining companies, technology, and the Hot Spring gold rush, Montana Territory, 1864-1868 /$cJeffrey J. Safford.
260 $aBoulder :$bUniversity Press of Colorado,$c[2004], ©2004.
300 $axvi, 185 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aMining the American West
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 151-178) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tPatterns of discovery, 1863-1864 -- $g2.$tMills to Montana, 1865, I : the Ragland, Cope, and Napton Mining Company of Boonville, Missouri, and the New York and Montana Mining and Discovery Company of New York City, New York -- $g3.$tMills to Montana, 1865, II : the Clark and Upson and the Nelson Mining companies of Hartford, Connecticut -- $g4.$tFurther developments of the district, 1866 : the Herschel Mining Company of Virginia City, Montana, the Golden Ore Mining and Prospecting Company of Montana (Brooklyn, New York), and Hall and Spaulding of Meadow Creek, Montana -- $g5.$tExpansion of the district and new investors, 1866 : the Midas Mining Company of Rochester, New York -- $g6.$tThe Midas Mining Company, 1867 -- $g7.$tIncreased competition and doubt, 1867 : the McAndrew and Wann Mining Company of New York City, New York -- $g8.$tThe mood in the district, autumn 1867 -- $g9.$tDecline of the district, 1868.
520 1 $a"In The Mechanics of Optimism, Jeffrey J. Safford examines how gold mining ventures were developed and financed during and after the Civil War, and how men - primarily Easterners with scant knowledge of mining - were willing to invest large sums in gold mines that promised quick and lucrative returns. The mining frontier is littered with short-lived "sure-fire investments." True bonanzas were the exception, not the rule."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aGold mines and mining$zMontana$zMadison County$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aMadison County (Mont.)$xGold discoveries.
830 0 $aMining the American West.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001019616
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0419/2004013638.html
852 00 $boff,glx$hF737.M2$iS24 2004