The Life of a Miner (Life in the Old West)

Mining was one of the more difficult ways to earn a living in the Old West. Bobbie Kalman's new book The Life of a Miner details the work and hardships of the people who searched for valuable minerals such as gold, silver, and copper. Fascinating text reveals:

how the mining industry began how a hard rock mine worked a miner's tools different jobs in the mines hazardous working conditions underground miners' rights, homes, and families boomtowns and famous mines of the West