Mining the American West
Duane A. Smith, Robert A. Trennert, and Liping Zhu, General Editors
As the old mining saying went, “Silver runs in ledges and gold
is where you find it.” Or as one prospector grumbled, “Gold
is where I ain’t.” For scholars of mining history, gold is
where you are—in the mining history series sponsored by
the University Press of Colorado.
The University Press of Colorado is looking for manuscripts in the field
of mining history. Defined broadly, this can include manuscripts about
mining communities, people, technology, mines, districts, and whatever
else might touch upon mining from the arrival of the Spanish through the
twentieth century. Nor is the scope of the series limited to mining for
precious metals: manuscripts dealing with the extraction of base and fuel
are also welcome. However, all manuscripts submitted for the series must
deal in a substantial way with the history of mining in the American West.
This new series offers the opportunity for anyone interested in mining
history to find a home for his/her work. The scope of the series is limited
only by the interest of the writers who submit manuscripts.
Submissions should be addressed for the series and directed to:
Darrin Pratt, Acquiring Editor & Director
University Press of Colorado
5589 Arapahoe Ave. # 206C
Boulder, CO 80303
All proposals for the Mining the American West Series should follow the
press submission guidelines, and submission
will be evaluated by the press acquisitions staff, the series editors, as
well as outside experts.
Published and Forthcoming Titles (* denotes an out of print title):
- Boomtown Blues: Colorado
Oil Shale by Andrew Gulliford
- Hard as the Rock Itself:
Place and Identity in the American Mining Town by David Robertson
- High Altitude Energy:
A History of Fossil Fuels in Colorado by Lee Scamehorn
- Industrializing the
Rockies: Growth, Competition, and Turmoil in the Coalfields of Colorado
and Wyoming, 1868–1914 by David A. Wolff
- The Mechanics of Optimism:
Mining Companies, Technology, and the Hot Spring Gold Rush, Montana
Territory, 1864–1868 by Jeffrey J. Safford
- The Rise of the Silver
Queen: Georgetown, Colorado, 1859-1896 by Liston E. Leyendecker,
Christine A. Bradley, and Duane A. Smith
- Silver Saga: The Story
of Caribou, Colorado, Revised Edition by Duane A. Smith
- *Wesley Earl Dunkle: Alaska’s Flying Miner by Charles Caldwell
Hawley
- Yellowcake Towns:
Uranium Mining Communities in the American West by Michael
A. Amundson
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