Mining Engineers and the American West: The Lace-Boot Brigarde, 1849-1933

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho Press

Even though they were key figures in the development of western mining, mining engineers have received little attention until publication of Dr. Clark Spence's volume. At once a technological and social history, Dr. Spence examines the professional mining engineer in terms of his education, lifestyle, actual work, and impact on the environment beyond the Mississippi.