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The mechanics of optimism: mining companies, technology, and the Hot Spring Gold Rush, Montana Territory, 1864-1868

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dc.contributor.authorSafford, Jeffrey J., author
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:42:04Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:42:04Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references and index.
dc.description.tableofcontentsPatterns of discovery, 1863-1864 -- Mills to Montana, 1865, I: the Ragland, Cope, and Napton Mining Company of Boonville, Missouri, and the New York and Montana Mining and Discover Company of New York City, New York -- Mills to Montana, 1865, II: the Clark and Upson, and the Nelson Mining companies of Hartford, Connecticut -- Further development of the district, 1866: the Herschel Mining Company of Virginia City, Montana, the Golden Ore Mining & Prospecting Company of Montana (Brooklyn, New York), and Hall and Spaulding of Meadow Creek, Montana -- Expansion of the district and new investors, 1866: the Midas Mining Company of Rochester, New York -- The Midas Mining Company, 1867 -- Increased competition and doubt, 1867: the McAndrew and Wann Mining Company of New York City, New York -- The mood in the district, autumn 1867 -- Decline of the district, 1868.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/87673
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.relation.ispartofMining the American West
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dc.subject.lcshGold mines and mining -- Montana -- Madison County -- History -- 19th century
dc.subject.lcshMadison County (Mont.) -- Gold discoveries
dc.titleThe mechanics of optimism: mining companies, technology, and the Hot Spring Gold Rush, Montana Territory, 1864-1868
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