Climax: The History of Colorado's Climax Molybdenum Mine--Mountain Press Pub Co. [Paperback]

Stephen M. Voynick (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 380 pages
• Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company (June 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878423540
• ISBN-13: 978-0878423545
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,102,928 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mining History, November 19, 2000

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L. Atwood "miki4" (Canon City, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Climax: The History of Colorado's Climax Molybdenum Mine--Mountain Press Pub Co. (Paperback)

Being a Colorado native and especially a native of Leadville, I found this book fascinating reading. Mr. Voynick does an excellent job of telling the story of the Climax mine from its' earliest days. Even for people who are not natives of Colorado but are interested in the mountains or mining or blue collar life in a company town the book offers many insights.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A grateful "Climax kid"!, March 14, 2007

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C. Adams "American Citizen" (Warroad, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Climax: The History of Colorado's Climax Molybdenum Mine--Mountain Press Pub Co. (Paperback)

This book looked like it would be dry and somewhat "technical", but I picked it up dutifully and began to read....and was never, ever bored. I ate it up and only wish that my dad were still hear to talk it over with, to get even more "insider" stories and memories. When your dad goes to work each day when you're young, you kind of take it for granted no matter what he does. Now I realize how special the whole experience was. We grew up in beautiful scenic splendor in a historic town supported by a mine with such historical and modern significance....it was really SOMETHING!

Living in Minnesota, a person misses hearing some of those old terms: muck crew, hangup man (that's my dad!), long change, Glory Hole...it's just music to my ears.

Hats off to all the men that worked underground to provide for their families...we thank you and we thank Stephen Voynick for telling their stories and the story of the Hill to us.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TEX ROMIG, June 5, 2011

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William J Romig (Port Angeles, Wa. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Climax: The History of Colorado's Climax Molybdenum Mine--Mountain Press Pub Co. (Paperback)

My son just discovered this book while in Colorado. Excellent! Tex Romig was resident mine superintendant during the depression of the 1930's when mine production grew so much. "Wildman" Romig left Climax to accept a consulting job developing a colonial Rhodesia copper mine. He stayed there three years and became quite the big game hunter as well. Immediatly after Pearl Harbor he came directly home to Washington DC and applied directly to the Department of the Army for a commission as Major. (He had enlisted just as soon as he turned 18 for WWI in 1918 but never got overseas. He afterwards earned a Masters Degree from the Mackay School of Mines in Reno.) He served in WWII as a staff engineering officer from late 1942 in North Africa and until after the surrender of Germany where he was promoted to Colonel to supervise the reopening of the mining industry. Then he became General Manager of Copper Range Mining Company in Upper Michigan for a short period (where he adopted me and my brother as young boys). Wanderlust then led him all over the world as a mining consultant; Belgian Congo, Australia, Brazil as well as the US. He passed away in 1964.
We boys grew up listening to great tales of Tex and Bill Coulter during the wild days of Climax. Dad on his motorcycle with Mother and the two chow dogs in the sidecar were a fixture of the time.