A collection of tales about lost mines in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas.

"Long out of print, this study of western mining is now available with three new chapters by Elliott West. When originally published in 1963, Professor Paul's book offered the first comprehensive view of western mining as an integral part of the settlement process. In his supplemental chapters, Professor West presents a social history of mining camps - encompassing discussions of gender, class, race, labor, and the environment. The combined scholarship...

The parched terrain of the Mexican badlands is not a heartwarming sight unless you're Lawrence Shaw, the fastest gun alive. With a gunshot wound to the head that he's somehow lived to tell about, the U.S. deputy marshal is enjoying some solitude--until a businessman with a mining venture asks for his help defending the operation from the Cut-jaws gang. Soon Shaw is caught up in a desperate battle that will send many a man to his grave. And the stakes...