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Aldrich, John K. Ghosts of the Western San Juans. Lakewood, Colo. (5815 W. 6th Ave., Suite A., Lakewood 80214). Centennial Graphics. 1988. 49 p. (REF F 782 .S18 A533 1997)

_____. Ghosts of Northern Colorado: A Guide to the Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Eagle, Grand, Jackson, Routt, and Larimer Counties, Colorado. Lakewood, Colo. (5815 W. 6th Ave., Suite A., Lakewood 80214). Centennial Graphics. 1991. 52 p. (F 778 .A43 1988)

American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers.

Discussions on Technical Education, at the Washington Meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, February 22d and 23d, 1876, and at a joint meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the American Institute of Mining Engineers, at Philadelphia, on June 19th and 20th, 1876. Ann Arbor, MI. The Scholarly Publishing Office, the University of Michigan, University Library. Reprinted from digital version published by the American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, 1876. 146 p. (TA1 .A52 vols.1-2)

Arbinger Institute. Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box. San Francisco, Calif.  Berrett-Koehler. 2002. Originally published: 2000. 181 p. (HD 57.7 .L4315 2002)

Beattie, Melody. Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself. Center City, MN. Hazelden. 1987. 231 p. (RC 569.5 .C63 B43 1987)

Belden, Burr. Death Valley to Yosemite: Frontier Mining Camps & Ghost Towns: The Men, the Women, Their Mines & Stories. Bishop, California. Spotted Dog Press. 2005. 192 p. (TN 423 .C2 B45 2005)

Bridges, William. Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes. Cambridge, MA. Da Capo Press. 2004. 194 p. (HQ 799.97 .U5 74 2004)

Brummel, Bill. Viva La Causa [video recording]: The Story of César Chávez and a Great Movement for Social Justice. Montgomery, Ala. Teaching Tolerance. 2008. 1 videodisc (39 min.) and Teacher's Guide 56 p (KF 3430 V58 2008)

Budig-Markin, Valérie. Nellie E. Ladd: Mining Camp Photographer of the Trinity Alps, 1859-1922. Happy Camp, CA. Naturegraph Publishers. 2004. 188 p. (TR 140 .L25 B83 2004)

Cole, Terrence. Crooked Past: The History of a Frontier Mining Camp, Fairbanks, Alaska.  Fairbanks, Alaska. University of Alaska Press.  1991. 163 p. (F9 14 .F16 B375 1991)

Crampton, Frank A. Deep Enough: A Working Stiff in the Western Mine Camps. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1993. 281 p. (TN 433 .A5 C7 1993)

Ewing, Wayne. The Last Campaign. Wayne Ewing Films, Inc. WV. 2005. 108 min. (DVD JK 4090 .377 2005)

Fisher, Roger. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In. New York. Simon & Schuster Sound Ideas. 2004. 6 compact discs. (BF 637 .C4 J64)

Foote, Mary Hallock. The Led-Horse Claim: A Romance of a Mining Camp. Whitefish, MT. Kessinger Publishing. 2008. Reprint of 1911 edition. 279 p. (PZ3 .F739)

Gard, Anson A. The Real Cobalt, the Story of Canada’s Marvelous Silver Mining Camp. Whitefish, MT. Kessinger Publishing. 2007. 136 p. (F 1059.5 .N8 G4)

Gimlett, Frank E. Over Trails of Yesterday:  Stories of Colorful Characters That Lived, Loved, Fought and Died in the Gold and Silver West. Salida, Colo. Pub by the Hermit of Arbor-Villa, F.E. Gimlett.1940 36 p. (F780 .G5)

Glynn, Patrick. Collision Avoidance Systems for Mine Haul Trucks: Collision Avoidance Systems for Mine Haul Trucks and Unambiguous Dynamic Real Time Single Object Detection. Saarbrucken, Germany. VDM Verlag. 2008. 268 p. (TN 331 .G59)

Greever, William S. Bonanza West: The Story of the Western Mining Rushes, 1848-1900. Moscow, Idaho. University of Idaho Press. 1990. Originally published 1963. 430 p. (F 593 .G84 1990)

Hall, Shawn. Old Heart of Nevada: Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Elko County. Reno, Nev. University of Nevada Press. 1998. 308 P. (F 847 .E4 H35 1997)

_____. Preserving the Glory Days: Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Nye County, Nevada. Reno, Nev. University of Nevada Press. 1999. 301 p. (F 847 .N9 H34 1999)

Halstead, Deborah. Disaster Planning: How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians with Planning Templates on CD-ROM. New York. Neal-Schuman. 2005. 267 p. (Z 679.7 .H35 2005)

Haskell, William B. Two Years in the Klondike and Alaskan Gold-Fields, 1896-1898: A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Gold Mines and Camps. Fairbanks, Ak. University of Alaska Press. 1998. 578 p. (F 1095 .K5 H37 1998)

Haskins, Charles Warren. The Argonauts of California, Being the Reminiscences of Scenes and Incidents That Occurred in California in Early Mining Days; by a Pioneer. Whitefish, MT. Kessinger Publishing Legacy Reprints. [????]. 501 p. (F 865 .H35)

Hedley, John. A Practical Treatise on the Working and Ventilation of Coal Mines: With Suggestions for Improvements in Mining. Whitefish, MT. Kessinger Publishing. 2008. 128 p. (TJ 602 .H4)

Hunt, William R. North of 53: The Wild Days of the Alaska-Yukon Mining Frontier, 1870-1914. New York. Macmillan. 1974. 328 p. (F 931 .H86)

International Symposium on Mining in the Arctic (1st: 1989: Fairbanks, Alaska)

Mining in the Arctic: Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Mining in the Arctic. Rotterdam, Netherlands. Brookfield, VT. A.A. Balkema, 1989. 244 p. (TN 125 .M56 1989)

Johnson, Spencer. Who Moved My Cheese? New York. Simon & Schuster Audio. 1998. 1 compact disc. (BF 637 .C4 J64) 2 copies.

Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness. 1st pbk. ed. New York. Hyperion. 2005. 631 p. (BL 627 .K325 2005)

Klein, Cornelis. The 23rd Edition of the Manual of Mineral Science. Hoboken, N.J. J. Wiley. 2008. 675 p. (QE 372.2 .K54 2008)

Kotter, John P. Leading Change. Boston, Mass. Harvard Business School Press. 1996. 187 p. (HD 58.8 .K65 1996)

Mather, R. E. Gold Camp Desperadoes: A Study of Violence, Crime, and Punishment on the Mining Frontier. San Jose, Calif. History West Pub.1990. 218 p. (F 852 .M45 1990)

Mayo Clinic Wellness Solutions for Weight Loss. Mayo Clinic Health Solutions, Rochester, Minnesota 55905. 2007. 98 min. (DVD RM 222.2 .M39 2007)

Mayo Clinic Wellness Solutions for High Blood Pressure. Mayo Clinic Health Solutions, Rochester, Minnesota 55905. 2007. 93 min. (DVD RC 685 .H8 M39 2007)

Mayo Clinic Wellness Solutions for Arthritis. Mayo Clinic Health Solutions, Rochester, Minnesota 55905. 2007. 91 min. (DVD RC 933 .M39 2007)

Mayo Clinic Wellness Solutions for Back Pain. Mayo Clinic Health Solutions, Rochester, Minnesota 55905. 2007. 93 min. (DVD RD 7741 .B217 M39 2007)

Miller, Charles Wallace. The Automobile Gold Rushes and Depression Era Mining. Moscow, Idaho. University of Idaho Press. 1998. 200 p. (HD 9536 .U52 M53 1998)

Miller, John G. QBQ!  The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life. New York. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 2004. 115 p. (BF 611 .M55 2004)

Moldovan, Brett J. Fate and Transport of Arsenic in Uranium Mine Tailings: Rabbit Lake Mine, Saskatchewan, Canada. LaVergne, Tennessee. Lightning Source Inc. 2008. 181 p. (TD 899 .U73 M65 2008)

Murdoch, Angus. Boom Copper: The Story of the First U.S. Mining Boom. Calumet, Mich. R.W. Drier and L.G. Koepel. 1964, c1943. 255 p. (TN 443 .M5 M85 1964)

National Safety Council. Injury Facts 2008 Edition. National Safety Council. 2008. 194 p. (T 55 .N38 2008)

Nestor, Sandy.  Silver and Gold Mining Camps of the Old West. State by State American Encyclopedia. Sandy Nestor Jefferson, N.C. McFarland and Company Publishers, c2007. 269 P. (TN 413 .A5 N47 2007)

New York. Neal-Schuman Publishers. Going the Distance: Library Instruction for Remote Learners. 2007. 239 p. (Z 718.85 .G65 2007)

_____, Information Literacy Instruction That Works: A Guide to Teaching by Discipline and Student Population. 2006. 329 p. (ZA 3075 .I537 2006)

Sarno, John, M.D. Healing Back Pain the Mine-Body Connection. Hotzbrinck Publisher, New York. 1999. 3 hours. (CD RZA 7489)

Seelye, John D. Stories of the Old West: Tales of the Mining Camp, Cavalry Troop, & Cattle Ranch. New York, NY. Penguin Books. 1994. 475 p. (PS 648 .W4 S76 1994)

Shinn, Charles Howard. Mining Camps, a Study in American Frontier Government. New York. A.A. Knopf. 948. 291 p. (F 864 .S58 1948)

Smith, Duane A. A Brief History of Silverton. Second Edition. Montrose, Colo. Western Reflections Pub. c2004. 111 p. (F 784 .S53 S6 2004)

_____. Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge: a quick history. Ouray, Colo. Western Reflections. 1998. 106 p. (HE 3695 .C6 .S65 2008)

Society for American Archaeology. The Cultural Landscape of Prehistoric Mines.  Oxford. Oxbow Books. 2005. 214 p. (TN 16 .S63 2005)

Song, Yuwu. Building Better Web Sites: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians. New York. Neal-Schuman Publishers. 2003. 359 p. (Z 674.75 .W67 S66 2003)

Stolovitch, Harold D. Telling Ain’t Training. Alexandria, VA. ASTD. Silver Spring, Md. ISPI. 2002. 193 p. (HF 5549.5. T7 S714 2002)

Tančev, Ljubomir. Dams and Appurtenant Hydraulic Structures. Leiden [u.a.].  Balkema. 2005. 838 p. (TC 540 T36)

Train the Trainer Guide, Volumes 1 – 4. ASTD Workplace Learning & Performance Press. Alexandria, VA. 2008. (HF 5549.5 .T7 T73 2008)

United States. Mine Safety and Health Administration. Highwall Hazards. Beaver, W V. National Mine Health and Safety Academy. 2004. (DVD TN 23 .M56 H544 2004)

United States. Sutro Tunnel Commission. Report of the Commissioners and Evidence Taken by the Committee on Mines and Mining of the House of Representatives. In Regard to the Sutro Tunnel, Together with the Arguments and Report of the Committee, Recommending a Loan by the Government in Aid of the Construction of Said Work. Ann Arbor, MI. The Scholarly Publishing Office, the University of Michigan, University Library. 2005. 988 p. Original document was published in 1872 by the U.S. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C. (TN 413 .N3 Z7 1872a)

Varney, Philip. Ghost Towns of Colorado: Your Guide to Colorado's Historic Mining Camps and Ghost Towns. Stillwater, Minn. Voyageur Press. 1999. 160 p. (F 774.3 V37 1999)

Warner, Ralph. Get a Life: You Don’t Need a Million To Retire. Berkeley, CA. Nolo. 2002. 347 p. (HD 7125 .W375 2002)

Watkins, T. H. Gold and Silver in the West: The Illustrated History of an American Dream.  Palo Alto, Calif. American West Pub. Co. c[1971]. 287 p. (F 593 .W32)

Williams, George. Rosa May: The Search for A Mining Camp Legend. Riverside, Calif. Tree by the River Pub. 1980. 203 p. (HQ 145 .N3 W54)

Wolle, Muriel Sibell. Montana Pay Dirt: A Guide to the Mining Camps of the Treasure State. Denver. Sage Books. [c1963] 436 p. (F 731 .W6)

_____. The Bonanza Trail: Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of the West. Whitefish, MT. Kessinger Publishing’s Rare Reprints. 2008. 510 p. (F 591 .W853)




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