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LEADER: 01908cam 2200265 a 4500
001 2004013638
003 DLC
005 20051130170752.0
008 040610s2004 couab b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2004013638
020 $a0870817825 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $an-us-mt
050 00 $aF737.M2$bS24 2004
082 00 $a338.2/741/0978666309034$222
100 1 $aSafford, Jeffrey J.,$d1934-
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,$cc2004.
300 $axvi, 185 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aMining the American West
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPatterns 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.
651 0 $aMadison County (Mont.)$xGold discoveries.
650 0 $aGold mines and mining$zMontana$zMadison County$xHistory$y19th century.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0419/2004013638.html