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Bonanzas & Borrascas Gold Lust and Silver Sharks 1848-1884 / Lingenfelter,Richard E.

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Lingenfelter, Richard E [Author.]

Material type: Text

text

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unmediated

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volume

Audience:

General
General

ISBN:

9780870624056

Summary: Gold Lust and Silver Sharks, 1848–1884 moves from the early years when western investors and speculators dominated both the mines and the markets, to the early 1880s, after San Francisco’s mining sharks were driven to New York. The companion volume, Copper Kings and Stock Frenzies, 1885–1918, begins with that watershed and reveals how easterners bought control of most of the large mines to further exploit eastern markets for even bigger profits and losses. At the same time, developing technology opened ever greater deposits of lower-grade ore in the West, and copper became the leading metal as the electrification of the nation drove up demand and prices.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	John Tomay Memorial Library	ANF	333.2 LIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	31030100038371

Gold Lust and Silver Sharks, 1848–1884 moves from the early years when western investors and speculators dominated both the mines and the markets, to the early 1880s, after San Francisco’s mining sharks were driven to New York. The companion volume, Copper Kings and Stock Frenzies, 1885–1918, begins with that watershed and reveals how easterners bought control of most of the large mines to further exploit eastern markets for even bigger profits and losses. At the same time, developing technology opened ever greater deposits of lower-grade ore in the West, and copper became the leading metal as the electrification of the nation drove up demand and prices.

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