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Robert Longe has compiled this personal list of titles pertaining to mining, while making clear there are precious few works of fiction about the subject.
This is a partial list assembled from lists by Robert Longe, Alan Twigg, & Tom Schroeter.
If you know of other non-technical books about mineral exploration, please send an email at info@nisselinka.com.
(Updated September 15 2015)
Fiction
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven 1956
Gem of a town by Jack Marr 2001
Golden Fleece BC? by Ken McTaggart 2001
The Tent Peg, by Aritha Van Herk 2005
*Rock Reject (Roseway, 2012) BC by Jim Williams 2012
*Blue Gold (Annick 2014) by Elizabeth Stewart 2014
The Nisselinka Claims BC by Robert Longe 2015
Factual: Historical & Biographical
*Coal Mine to Castle: The Story of the Dunsmuirs of Vancouver
Island New York: Pageant Press, by Lynn Bowen 1955
*Barkerville: a Guide in Word and Picture to the Fabulous Gold Camp of the Cariboo (Mitchell Press, 1961, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1974
by Bruce Ramsey 1961
*The Largest Ghost Town in B.C. (1966). by Ozzie Hutchings 1966
*Britannia: the Story of a Mine (Britannia Beach Community Club, 1967)
by Bruce Ramsey 1967
*Mining in Focus: An Illustrated History of Mining in British Columbia Self-published, Vancouver: Agency Press / Briden, Anfield & Co., 1968)
by Bruce Ramsey 1968
One Man's Gold Rush - A Klondike Album by Murray Morgan 1973
*The Town That Got Lost: A Story of Anyox (Gray's Publishing, 1973), a follow-up to local historian Ozzie Hutchings' Anyox (Hidden Creek) Mining District:
by Pete Loudon 1973
The Discoverers A 5-Year History of the Prospectors and Developers
Association, Some Famous Prospectors and Their Discoveries
by Monica Hanula 1982
*Boss Whistle The Coal Miners of Vancouver Island Remember
by Lynn Bowen 1982
Hard Rock Gold - The Story of the Great Mines That
Were The Heartbeatof Juneau, Alaska by David & Brenda Stone 1983
Old Silverton, BC (1891-1930) by John Norris 1985
Not For Gold Alone - Memoirs of a Prospector
by Frank Joubin 1986
Claims, Adventures in the Gold Trade by Ken Lefolii 1987
Spud's Dream: The Story of How a CanadianMountain-Man
Helped Create a World Class City by Sydney Cole 1987
WetCoast Ventures - Mine Finding on Vancouver Island
by Walter Guppy 1988
Pezim, Tales of a Promoter by Frank Keane 1989
Atlin - The Last Utopia by Allison Mitcham 1989
Our Trail Led Northwest - A True Tale of Romance
and Adventure by E. Maude Mandy 1989
*The Coal Coast (Orca, 1989) by Eric Newsome 1989
The New Gold Rush - Canadian Gold Companies:
The Mines - The Men - The Dreams by Frank Keane 1991
Mountains of Ore and Rivers of Gold - Stories of a
Contemporary Prospector by M.A. Kaufman 1992
Bre-X: Gold today gone tomorrow: anatomy of the Busang swindle by Vivian Danielson 1997
*100 Years of Coal Mining: The Elk River Valley (Ramsey Publications,
Sparwood, British Columbia, 1997) by Bruce Ramsey 1997
*Robert Dunsmuir: Laird of the Mines. Montreal: XYZ Publishing,
by Lynn Bowen 1999
One Lucky Canuck, An Autobiography by David Barr 2004
Prospectors Promoters and Hard Rock Miners - Tales of the Stewart,
BC and Hyder, Alaska Camps by Ian McLeod 2004
Gold Rush - Inspiring Stories of More Than 25 Companies in Search
of the World's Most Precious Metal by Michael Caldwell 2005
Following The Boulder Train - Travels with Prospectors and
Rock Doctors by Tom Henry 2006
*Hills of Silver: The Yukon's Mighty Keno Hill Mine
by Dr. Aaro E. Aho 2006
More Than Free Gold - Mineral Exploration in Canada
Since World War II by Michael Barnes 2008
Gold Dust on His Shirt: The True Story of a Pioneer Mining Family by Irene Howard 2008
Jewel of the Kootenays: The Emerald Mine by Larry Jacobsen 2008
The McLeod Luck by Donald McLeod 2009
A Century of Discovery (1912-2012) by The Association For
Mineral Exploration British Columbia 2012
Into The Mountains - Celebrating 100 Years of Mineral
Exploration Advocacy (1912-2012) by Chuck Davies 2012
*Belly of Blackness: Coal Dust is in My Genes (Granville Island Pub. 2014)
by Jim Elliot 2014
*A Rock Fell on the Moon: Dad and the Great Yukon Silver Ore Heist (Lost Moose / Harbour $32.95) by Alicia Priest 2014
Tales from the Underbrush by Ian Semple 2015
Wild Places, The Adventures of an
Exploration Geologist by Harold Linder 2015
. . . . . .
Not included in list of Non-Technical Books
Fowler, George Papers on the theory and practice of coal mining.
This is a partial list assembled from lists by Robert Longe, Alan Twigg, & Tom Schroeter.
If you know of other non-technical books about mineral exploration, please send an email at info@nisselinka.com.
(Updated September 15 2015)
Fiction
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven 1956
Gem of a town by Jack Marr 2001
Golden Fleece BC? by Ken McTaggart 2001
The Tent Peg, by Aritha Van Herk 2005
*Rock Reject (Roseway, 2012) BC by Jim Williams 2012
*Blue Gold (Annick 2014) by Elizabeth Stewart 2014
The Nisselinka Claims BC by Robert Longe 2015
Factual: Historical & Biographical
*Coal Mine to Castle: The Story of the Dunsmuirs of Vancouver
Island New York: Pageant Press, by Lynn Bowen 1955
*Barkerville: a Guide in Word and Picture to the Fabulous Gold Camp of the Cariboo (Mitchell Press, 1961, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1974
by Bruce Ramsey 1961
*The Largest Ghost Town in B.C. (1966). by Ozzie Hutchings 1966
*Britannia: the Story of a Mine (Britannia Beach Community Club, 1967)
by Bruce Ramsey 1967
*Mining in Focus: An Illustrated History of Mining in British Columbia Self-published, Vancouver: Agency Press / Briden, Anfield & Co., 1968)
by Bruce Ramsey 1968
One Man's Gold Rush - A Klondike Album by Murray Morgan 1973
*The Town That Got Lost: A Story of Anyox (Gray's Publishing, 1973), a follow-up to local historian Ozzie Hutchings' Anyox (Hidden Creek) Mining District:
by Pete Loudon 1973
The Discoverers A 5-Year History of the Prospectors and Developers
Association, Some Famous Prospectors and Their Discoveries
by Monica Hanula 1982
*Boss Whistle The Coal Miners of Vancouver Island Remember
by Lynn Bowen 1982
Hard Rock Gold - The Story of the Great Mines That
Were The Heartbeatof Juneau, Alaska by David & Brenda Stone 1983
Old Silverton, BC (1891-1930) by John Norris 1985
Not For Gold Alone - Memoirs of a Prospector
by Frank Joubin 1986
Claims, Adventures in the Gold Trade by Ken Lefolii 1987
Spud's Dream: The Story of How a CanadianMountain-Man
Helped Create a World Class City by Sydney Cole 1987
WetCoast Ventures - Mine Finding on Vancouver Island
by Walter Guppy 1988
Pezim, Tales of a Promoter by Frank Keane 1989
Atlin - The Last Utopia by Allison Mitcham 1989
Our Trail Led Northwest - A True Tale of Romance
and Adventure by E. Maude Mandy 1989
*The Coal Coast (Orca, 1989) by Eric Newsome 1989
The New Gold Rush - Canadian Gold Companies:
The Mines - The Men - The Dreams by Frank Keane 1991
Mountains of Ore and Rivers of Gold - Stories of a
Contemporary Prospector by M.A. Kaufman 1992
Bre-X: Gold today gone tomorrow: anatomy of the Busang swindle by Vivian Danielson 1997
*100 Years of Coal Mining: The Elk River Valley (Ramsey Publications,
Sparwood, British Columbia, 1997) by Bruce Ramsey 1997
*Robert Dunsmuir: Laird of the Mines. Montreal: XYZ Publishing,
by Lynn Bowen 1999
One Lucky Canuck, An Autobiography by David Barr 2004
Prospectors Promoters and Hard Rock Miners - Tales of the Stewart,
BC and Hyder, Alaska Camps by Ian McLeod 2004
Gold Rush - Inspiring Stories of More Than 25 Companies in Search
of the World's Most Precious Metal by Michael Caldwell 2005
Following The Boulder Train - Travels with Prospectors and
Rock Doctors by Tom Henry 2006
*Hills of Silver: The Yukon's Mighty Keno Hill Mine
by Dr. Aaro E. Aho 2006
More Than Free Gold - Mineral Exploration in Canada
Since World War II by Michael Barnes 2008
Gold Dust on His Shirt: The True Story of a Pioneer Mining Family by Irene Howard 2008
Jewel of the Kootenays: The Emerald Mine by Larry Jacobsen 2008
The McLeod Luck by Donald McLeod 2009
A Century of Discovery (1912-2012) by The Association For
Mineral Exploration British Columbia 2012
Into The Mountains - Celebrating 100 Years of Mineral
Exploration Advocacy (1912-2012) by Chuck Davies 2012
*Belly of Blackness: Coal Dust is in My Genes (Granville Island Pub. 2014)
by Jim Elliot 2014
*A Rock Fell on the Moon: Dad and the Great Yukon Silver Ore Heist (Lost Moose / Harbour $32.95) by Alicia Priest 2014
Tales from the Underbrush by Ian Semple 2015
Wild Places, The Adventures of an
Exploration Geologist by Harold Linder 2015
. . . . . .
Not included in list of Non-Technical Books
Fowler, George Papers on the theory and practice of coal mining.
Submitted on September 15, 2015 in By David.
