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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.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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 State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Regis University, 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 communities only.
dc.subject.lcshSmith, Eben (Ebenezer), 1831-1906
dc.subject.lcshMiners -- Colorado -- Cripple Creek -- Biography
dc.subject.lcshMining engineers -- Colorado -- Cripple Creek -- Biography
dc.subject.lcshGold mines and mining -- Colorado -- Cripple Creek -- Biography
dc.subject.lcshSilver mines and mining -- Colorado -- Cripple Creek -- Biography
dc.subject.lcshMineral industries -- Colorado -- Cripple Creek -- Biography
dc.subject.lcshCripple Creek (Colo.) -- History -- 19th century
dc.titleEben Smith: the dean of Western mining
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