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Barr, Elinor Silver Islet: Striking it Rich in Lake Superior ( Mining )( Thunder Bay, Ontario Related )
Toronto: National Heritage / Natural History Inc., 1988, 1st Edition, 1st Printing 0920474411 / 9780920474419 First Edition Soft Cover Good Photo Cover
----------large (quarto) softcover, a Good exlibrary copy, covers have been laminated which has kept this in pretty nice condition, 159 pages, b&w photos, contents include: PROLOGUE: An unusual Setting; Copper and Silver --- UNDERWATER, of ALL PLACES: Profile - Thomas Macfarlane 1834 - 1907; A Promising Vein; All Hands to Silver Islet; fishing through the Ice for Ore ---A COMPANY TOWN, A WORKING MINE: Profile - William bell Frue 1830 - 1881; Fifty-Eight Immigrants; earning Frue a Bonus; Claimjumper; Of Mines and Mining Men; An Image of Permanence; Under Management's Thumb; The Sinking of the Shaft; Industry in Transition; The End of an Era --- A QUARTER of a MILE UNDERGROUND: Profile - Richard Trethewey 1835 - 1888; A search for new Directions; Bonanza at Last; Life and Death Matters; Countdown Time --- EPILOGUE: Aftermath; Nostalgia That Lingers, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo 132458
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16.63 USD
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