The Life of a Miner (Life in the Old West)
Book Details
Author(s)
Bobbie Kalman, Kate Calder
Publisher
Crabtree Pub Co
ISBN / ASIN
0778701093
ISBN-13
9780778701095
Availability
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Sales Rank
#982,993
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
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
