Colorado Mining History Resource Guide
Colorado Mining History Resource Guide By Dana Echohawk Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library Colorado Mining History Resource Guide By Dana Echohawk Contributors: CHRISTINE BRADLEY, Clear Creek County Archivist, Georgetown, Colorado, and author. JAMES E. FELL, JR., PHD, Department of History at University of Colorado Denver, a founder of the Mining History Association, recipient of the organization’s Rodman Wilson Paul Award for distinction in that field. THOMAS J. NOEL, PHD, Professor of History, Director of Public History, Preservation & Colorado Studies at University of Colorado Denver / Co-Director of Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library. DUANE A. SMITH, PHD, Professor of History at Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, and a founder of the national Mining History Association. ERIC TWITTY, Mining historian, archaeologist, and principal with Mountain States Historical, Lafayette, Colorado. Thank you also to the following people for their review and assistance with this publication. ELLEN METTER, Research Librarian & Project Lead, Collection Development, Auraria Library ASHLEIGH HAMPF, Graduate Student, Department of History, University of Colorado Denver Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library February 20, 2013 Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library, Denver Colorado Electronic resources listed in the Colorado Mining History Resource Guide, are easily accessible from its online publication at: Center for Colorado and the West at Auraria Library: http://coloradowest.auraria.edu. Front cover: 1859 Argonaut. Photo credit Thomas J. Noel collection Front and back cover: Mining Claims courtesy Denver Public Library Digital Collections. Back cover: Top photo: Miners pose by a group of mule-drawn ore cars inside a mine tunnel in San Juan County, Colorado.
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