The Last Miner (Paperback)

Dick Fluehe

ISBN 10: 1647692148 / ISBN 13: 9781647692148

Published by University of Utah Press,U.S., Salt Lake City, 2025

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Paperback. Explore Utahs legendary lost and hidden silver mines with the last minerThe Last Miner is a captivating memoir chronicling the final days of mining exploration in Utahs legendary Little Cottonwood Canyon during the 1950s. Through the eyes of Dick Fluehe, the last living miner to traverse these haunted, silver-laden tunnels, readers are immersed in a forgotten world beneath the internationally renowned Alta and Snowbird ski areas. With a knowledge as deep as the mines themselves, Dick recounts tales of collapsed shafts, gloriously jeweled stopes, and colorful personalities, such as Swingin Door, Slick, and The Bull, who lived and died pursuing ore. Edited by New York Times bestselling author Dan Schilling, The Last Miner offers a unique, firsthand account of the treacherous, adventurous, and humorous lives of mid-century miners. Both thrilling and insightful, this memoir is the mining equivalent of a float down the Mississippi with Mark Twain and an unprecedented insight into the history of American West mining. "Richard Fluehe's colorful, authentic account of the Alta mines and their social world in the mid-twentieth century, edited and with a foreword by New York Times best selling author Dan Schilling. This memoir introduces readers to the men still extracting silver ore from the Alta mines during a period generally not well known or covered in Wasatch or mining histories"-- Provided by publisher. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Last Miner (Paperback)
• Publisher: University of Utah Press,U.S., Salt Lake City
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1647692148
• ISBN 13: 9781647692148
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Explore Utah’s legendary lost and hidden silver mines with the last miner

The Last Miner is a captivating memoir chronicling the final days of mining exploration in Utah’s legendary Little Cottonwood Canyon during the 1950s. Through the eyes of Dick Fluehe, the last living miner to traverse these haunted, silver-laden tunnels, readers are immersed in a forgotten world beneath the internationally renowned Alta and Snowbird ski areas. With a knowledge as deep as the mines themselves, Dick recounts tales of collapsed shafts, gloriously jeweled stopes, and colorful personalities, such as “Swingin’ Door,” “Slick,” and “The Bull,” who lived and died pursuing ore.

Edited by New York Times bestselling author Dan Schilling, The Last Miner offers a unique, firsthand account of the treacherous, adventurous, and humorous lives of mid-century miners. Both thrilling and insightful, this memoir is the mining equivalent of a float down the Mississippi with Mark Twain and an unprecedented insight into the history of American West mining.

About the Author

After his initial subterranean foray, Richard “Dick” Fluehe continued to explore Alta’s mines even as he worked in the heavy trucking industry over a long career. He lives in Murray, Utah.

Dan Schilling is a New York Times bestselling author and thirty-year special operations veteran of the U.S. military. He and his wife Julie call Alta home.