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Basque, Garnet Gold Panner's Manual
Surrey, BC, Canada Heritage House Publishing Company, Limited 1991 1895811139 / 9781895811131 Softcover New
History of the quest for gold; a concise guide to techniques to find and extract gold. This edition is well illustrated with photos and drawings demonstrating the art of panning and gold mining equipment. Extensive glossary.
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12.95 CDN
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Chrismas, Lawrence ALBERTA MINERS: A Tribute
Calgary, AB, Canada Cambria Publishing 1993 0969702302 / 9780969702306 Hard Cover New
New book in shrinkwrap. An absorbing collection of over 150 black and white duotone photographs. Documents more than 300 mining people in 80 Alberta locations including 40 operating mines. Accompanying biographical and historical stories recorded in interviews. Book has received two awards for printing quality. Winner of the 1994 Gold Award for Excellence in Printing, Alberta Gallery of Superb Printing. A social, cultural and industrial history of miners and mines. 224 pages, 11' x 9'.
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59.95 CDN
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Chrismas, Lawrence COALDUST GRINS: Portraits of Canadian Coal Miners
Calgary, AB, Canada Cambria Publishing 1998 0969702310 / 9780969702313 Softcover New
New book in shrinkwrap. Award Winner: Short-listed for the first annual Roloff Beny $50,000 Photography Book Award and received second place out of 70 books submitted (1999). 312 pages - 282 duotone plates plus maps and index. Two decades of intensive photographic documentation has culminated in the release of this large-format book of black-and-white portraits. More than 450 individuals from 85 communities and 50 coal mines are represented; approximately half the photographs are accompanied by entertaining biographies. Also available for an additional $15.00 US with book purchase is CoalDust Grins ~ A Musical Portrait - a music CD companion to the book. Boxed set including 32 page booklet containing 17 duotone photographs. Award Winner: Fall 99 nominated for the Prairie Music Award in the category of Outstanding Roots Recording. 12 mining songs based on stories and photographs from the book. Canadian singer/songwriters including Dick Damron, Diamond Joe White, Tom Wilson, Robert Burton Huebele, Steve Coffey, John Campbell, Ian MacDonald, Susan Kuelken, Bill Werthmann, Rob Smith and Dave McCann. CD is new in shrinkwrap.
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49.95 CDN
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Gadd, Ben Bankhead : The Twenty Year Town
Banff, AB, Canada The Friends of Banff National Park / Canadian Parks Service 1989 0969084552 / 9780969084556 Reprint Soft Cover Very Good
New book with some slight shelf wear. The history of Bankhead a coal mining town that was situated in Banff National Park from 1903 to 1922.
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9.95 CDN
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Lothian, Joseph L. The Grasshopper
Calgary, AB, Canada Cambria Publishing 2009 0969702345 / 9780969702344 Trade Paperback New
The author, Joseph L. Lothian, brings to life a 1930's coal mining town through the vivid reminiscences of Mykola, who began his young life in poverty and deprivation and then enters the coal mines. Many characters touch his life, none more than his one boyhood friend. A tortured conscience drives him to escape to a new life where he finds both love and heartbreak. In a gripping conclusion, he is forced to confront his past in the mines.
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34.95 CDN
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