This fascinating look at Colorado's gold rush is based on Thomas Corbett's classic directory of Colorado's known gold mines, silver mines, coal mines, and ore mills. This long out-of-print mining directory is a snapshot in time of Colorado's 1879 gold rush mines, listing each documented mine along with its owners, officers, and key employees. A brief discussion of each mine includes the date discovered, location, nature of the ore, etc. Mines are listed alphabetically by county, with a separate section devoted to coal mines and ore mills. The authors have edited and corrected the original...