Silver rush British Columbia's silvery Slocan, 1891-1900


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Silver Rush tells the story of British Columbia’s “Silvery Slocan.” In the 1890s, mining camps like Sandon, Three Forks, Whitewater and their neighbours; New Denver, Silverton, Slocan City, Kaslo and Nakusp, thrived. Once the most productive mining region in British Columbia, prospectors and miners came from Idaho, Montana and other mining centres to reap the silver harvest. Capitalists flooded in from Spokane, Seattle, Vancouver, and investment centres across North America and the world. Plummeting silver prices, labour troubles and the Klondike gold rush eventually put an end to the silver rush but the legacy of that rush endures to this day.

Author(s): Peter J. Smith
Document: Book · Paperback · CIRC [ 0 ]
Edition: First edition
Published: 2020
Physical Description: vi, 642 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 28 cm
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Argent Mines et extraction Colombie-Britannique Slocan, Vallée de la Histoire, Silver mines and mining British Columbia Slocan River Valley History, Slocan River Valley (B.C.) History, Slocan, Vallée de la (C.-B.) Histoire

Related Places: Village of Slocan Village of New Denver City of Silverton Village of Kaslo Village of Nakusp Regional District of Central Kootenay

 

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