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Ghost Town Library [156202]

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Arizona & New Mexico Ghost Town Books [153667]: Lot of four books about New Mexico and Arizona ghost towns and mining camps. A) Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of New Mexico by James E. and Barbara H. Sherman. Maps by Jim Cooper. Never used, still in

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Western Ghost Town Shadows Lambert Florin: Western Ghost Town Shadows. FLORIN, Lambert. First edition. Seattle, Washington: Superior Publishing, (1964). Profusely illustrated. Ghost towns of Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, and the famed Yukon T

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Ghost Town Album by Lambert Florin 1962: Ghost Town Album by Florin. "Author Florin and his constant companion, Dr. David Mason, are making new discoveries nearly as exciting and much more lasting, not of golden metals but golden memories. T

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Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of New Mexico by J.E.Sherman: The Shermans have explored the past and present of New Mexico's famous and infamous ghost towns...They have arranged for the reader a historical and pictorial journey through more than 130 of the stat

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Ghost Towns of the American West. Silverberg, Robert: Ghost Towns of the American West. Silverberg, Robert. First edition. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1968). Illustrated with drawings by Lorence Bjorklund, includes illustrated title page. “Robert Sil

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Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of California. Nadeau, Remi: Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of California. Nadeau, Remi. First edition. Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, (1965). Illustrated with photographs and maps. “In 1849, the California Gold Rush...swept th

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Ghost Towns of the Colorado Rockies. Brown, Robert L.: Ghost Towns of the Colorado Rockies. Brown, Robert L. Fourth printing. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1973. Illustrated with photographs. “Colorado’s several mineral rushes have laid the

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Mining Camps and Ghost Towns. a History of Mining: Mining Camps and Ghost Towns. A History of Mining in Arizona and California Along the Lower Colorado. Love, Frank. First edition. Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1974. Illustrated with photographs. ��

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Ghost Towns Of The West by Lambert Florin 1971: Ghost Towns Of The West. "This huge, heavily illustrated volume presents a panorama of Western Americana through a verbal and visual exploration of the region's ghost towns. Ranging from Alaska throug

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Prospectus of Fairmont Gold Mining Co. [154523]: 4 page 1895 prospectus of The Fairmont Gold Mining Company. Nice mine map on front page. Red editing on pages 1-3. Mine property at Independence (near Cripple Creek, now a ghost town).Date: Country (i

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California Gold Rush Ephemera incl. Mining Stereoview [153714]: Gold Run, CA hydraulic mining stereoview, Souvenir Program Sutter's Gold Rush and Round up 1938, 3 different Ghost Town News 1942-1945-1 with missing cover. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Californ

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5 California Books, DULZURA Haynes Yellowstone, Death Valley: HERES DEATH VALLEY by Glasscock 1940 1st ed in DJ, PIONEERING IN DULZURA by Schmid, GHOST TOWN TRAILS, SIERRA TRAILS by Muench BOX 3 Reserve: $20.00 Shipping: Domestic: Flat-rate of $11.00 to any

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Ghost Towns/Treasure Hunting, Lot of 14 [173617]: 14x books/booklets on Ghost Towns and old Mining Camps in Colorado.1.Ghost Towns of Colorado by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Colorado, 1947 by Ha

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[SPIRITUALISM] Collection of Works on Ghosts and Spirituali...: [SPIRITUALISM] Collection of Works on Ghosts and Spiritualism from the Library of Hereward Carrington. Including Mental Radio by Upton Sinclair (“Special gift copy; not for sale” bound in

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WW2 Photography Steichen BLUE GHOST Lexington 1947: Steichen, Edward; The Blue Ghost : A Photographic Log and Personal Narrative of the Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Lexington in Combat Operation; New York: Harcourt, Brace 1947. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 14

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15 US ghost town books. Utah, Arizona, Black Hills, California, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Northwest and general West.
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Provenance: Jim & Barbara Sherman Private Western Mining Museum

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Ghost Town Library [156202]

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