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Eben Smith: the dean of Western mining

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dc.contributor.authorForsyth, David, author
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-15T17:54:08Z
dc.date.available2021-09-15T17:54:08Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractEben Smith, little-known in Colorado mining history. A successful fortune seeker who traveled to California during the gold rush. Moved to Colorado in 1860 with business partner Jerome Chaffee and involved in nearly every major mining camp. He was eulogized as "dean of mining in Colorado".--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsLeft Pennsylvania When I Was 19 -- One of Colorado's Headest Men -- David Moffat Set You on Your Feet -- I Handle All the Mining Business -- Our Various Operations -- Not a Pound of Ore in Sight -- I Cannot Pass a Good Mining Scheme By -- I Feel I Am in Hell's Hole -- The Dean of Mining in Colorado.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumbooks
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/233894
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity Press of Colorado
dc.relation.ispartofMining the American West
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dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.
dc.subjectSmith, Eben (Ebenezer), 1831-1906
dc.subjectMiners -- Colorado -- Cripple Creek -- Biography
dc.subjectMining engineers -- Colorado -- Cripple Creek -- Biography
dc.subjectGold mines and mining -- Colorado -- Cripple Creek -- Biography
dc.subjectSilver mines and mining -- Colorado -- Cripple Creek -- Biography
dc.subjectMineral industries -- Colorado -- Cripple Creek -- Biography
dc.subjectCripple Creek (Colo.) -- History -- 19th century
dc.titleEben Smith: the dean of Western mining
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