The Automobile Gold Rushes and Depression Era Mining [Hardcover]

Charles W. Miller (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 1995

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho Press

During the Depression, gold fields that had been abandoned for decades saw the return of people, this time in cars, who camped and worked areas wherever they could. Perhaps ten percent of the population of the western states participated in this activity at some time in the 1930s.

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About the Author

Charles W. Miller received his B.A. from the University of Maryland, his M.A. from the University of Texas, Austin and his Ph.D. from Union Institute in Cincinnati. He also received a second B.S. from the State University of New York, Albany, and took graduate courses at Tulane University and at the Department Lands and Minerals School at Phoenix.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: Caxton Press; First Edition edition (January 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0893011959
• ISBN-13: 978-0893011956
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,187,847 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good perspective from grassroots to government levels., September 24, 1999

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This review is from: The Automobile Gold Rushes and Depression Era Mining (Hardcover)

Must admit that, as a mining engineer with 30 years experience, I was pleasantly surprised at the breadth of the book. Despite the nature of some of the topics addressed, it was not "dry" in tone.

The author provides a good flavor of the grassroots level mining activity of individuals of the period. Moreover he gave some unique insights of Depression-era government policy as it affected the larger mining industry, especially silver and gold. President Roosevelt's explicit desire to maintain the status quo with the federal mining law (to enhance mining employment) was one example. Another example was the historical review of hydraulic mining in California--both contemporaneously to the Depression as well as the 19th century.