A collection of writings, garnered mostly from
West Coast magazines and newspapers, bearing on mining in
Nevada during the boom days of Mark Twain's
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Tom Lea, in _Santa Rita_ by Martin W. Schwettmann
(1943)}
_Roughing It_. James G. Gally's writing is a major discovery
in a minor field.
FORBES, GERALD. _Flush Production: The Epic of Oil in the
Gulf-Southwest_, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1942.
GILLIS, WILLIAM R. _Goldrush Days with Mark Twain_, New York,
1930. OP.
GLASSCOCK, LUCILLE. _A Texas Wildcatter_, Naylor, San
Antonio, 1952. The wildcatter is Mrs. Glasscock's husband. She
chronicles this player's main moves in the game and gives an
insight into his energy-driven ambition.
HOUSE, BOYCE. _Oil Boom_, Caxton, Caldwell, Idaho, 1941. With
Boyce House's earlier _Were You in Ranger?_, this book gives a
contemporary picture of the gushing days of oil, money, and
humanity.
LYMAN, GEORGE T. _The Saga of the Comstock Lode_, 1934, and
_Ralston's Ring_, 1937. Both published by Scribner's, New
York.
MCKENNA, JAMES _A. Black Range Tales_, New York, 1936.
Reminiscences of prospecting life.
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