{"product_id":"mining-among-the-clouds-the-mosquito-range-and-the-origins-of-colorados-silver-boom-9780942576405","title":"Mining among the Clouds: The Mosquito Range and the Origins of Colorado's Silver Boom","description":"In \u003ci\u003eMining Among the Clouds, \u003c\/i\u003e Harvey N. Gardiner examines what one reporter dubbed \"aerial\" mining - silver mining at such high altitudes that the miners were literally working among the clouds. In the summer of 1871, two prospectors ventured high up Mount Bross in Colorado's Mosquito Range. There they discovered an outcropping of silver ore in blue limestone. An unprecedented find, it set off strike after strike in Park County. Thus began the silver boom that gave rise to Leadville, laying the foundation for Colorado's Silver Decade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvey N. Gardiner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Colorado History Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.98w x 0.36d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780942576405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarvey N. Gardiner\u003c\/b\u003e is an archivist at the University of Colorado Libraries at Boulder. He holds an M.A. in history from Southern Illinois University. He has been researching and publishing on the history of high-altitude mining in the Mosquito Range for over twenty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Colorado History Society","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41335689707635,"sku":"9.78094E+12","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6fc1fbc9-e143-4db8-892f-7c1b44489bc8.jpg?v=1707328347","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/mining-among-the-clouds-the-mosquito-range-and-the-origins-of-colorados-silver-boom-9780942576405","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}