Mining Camp Days. Bodie. Aurora, Bridgeport, Hawthorne. Tonopah. Lundy, Masonic, Benton, Thorne, Mono Mills, Mammoth, Sodaville, Goldfield.

Billeb, Emil W.

Published by Howell-North Books, Berkeley, CA, 1968

About this Item

x, 229pp, index, num bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Or brown cloth lacking jacket. Date written at top of front free endpaper. For 16 years the author lived in Tonopah, Bodie and other Nevada and California mining camps, and has known them well for nearly five decades since then. He describes mining, camp life, a pioneering electric power system, massive snowstorms and his experience operating a 32 mile 3 foot gauge railroad with four engines and no timetable. Illustrated with 203 pictures from his personal collection. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mining Camp Days. Bodie. Aurora, Bridgeport, Hawthorne. Tonopah. Lundy, Masonic, Benton, Thorne, Mono Mills, Mammoth, Sodaville, Goldfield.
• Publisher: Howell-North Books, Berkeley, CA
• Publication Date: 1968
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Gems, Minerals and Mining
  • Americana & Canadiana