The prospectors' pick : the people of the Yellowknife gold boom 1936-1951 / Geddes Webster

Author: Webster, Geddes
Published: Victoria, BC : Trafford, [2007]
Copyright Date: ©2007
Physical Description: 422 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

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Contents

THE SETTING FOR THIS CATALOGUE OF PEOPLE AND EVENTS -- HISTORY AND EARLY DEVELOPMENTS: The background -- Early mineral observations in the NWT -- Events leading up to the Yellowknife boom -- The natural resources booms of the NWT -- Yellowknife during the early days of the boom -- THE RESIDENTS OF YELLOWKNIFE DURING THE BOOM -- NON-RESIDENT CONTRIBUTORS, PARTICIPANTS & BACKERS OF THE BOOM -- YELLOWKNIFE SYNDICATES AND COMPANIES ACTIVE DURING THE BOOM -- VIGNETTES, OBSERVATIONS, EXPLANATIONS AND REFLECTIONS.

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ISBN

9781425109011
1425109012

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-406) and index.

Source of Acquisition

Earth & Mineral Sciences copy: Purchased with funds from the Kenneth & Marion Pollock Libraries Program Endowment; 2010.

Endowment Note

Kenneth and Marion Pollock Libraries Program Endowment

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