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Mining camp tales of the Silvery Slocan : a history of British Columbia's silver rush

Mining camp tales of the Silvery Slocan : a history of British Columbia's silver rush

Book 2025

"The intriguing story of British Columbia's most productive silver mining region and the vibrant communities that built up around it in the late 1800s. Mining Camp Tales of the Silvery Slocan tells the often-overlooked story of British Columbia's silver rush and its accompanying boom towns. In the 1890s, mining camps like Sandon, Three Forks, Whitewater and their neighbours, New Denver, Silverton, Slocan City, Kaslo and Nakusp, thrived. Prospecto...