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Treasure from the Painted Hills : A History of Calico, California, 1882-1907 (Contributions in Economics and Economic History)
Treasure from the Painted Hills A History of Calico California 18821907 - Contributions in Economics and Economic History
Author: Douglas Steeples
Originating as a silver-mining camp and marketed today as a silver-mining ghost town, Calico, CA outlived the silver era when borax was discovered in its hills. Supplying Borax worldwide--employing the twenty mule teams still associated with Twenty-Mule Team Borax--the Calico mines played a pivotal role in the evolution of the less glamorous ind...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780313308369
ISBN-10: 0313308365
Publication Date: 1/30/1999
Pages: 168
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Publisher: Greenwood Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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