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100 1 $aPlazak, Dan,$d1951-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005076459
245 12 $aA hole in the ground with a liar at the top :$bfraud and deceit in the golden age of American mining /$cby Dan Plazak.
260 $aSalt Lake City :$bUniversity of Utah Press,$c[2006], ©2006.
300 $a374 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 361) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction to mining fraud -- $g2.$tThe imaginary mine of Doctor Gardiner -- $g3.$tThe Comstock : mother lode of American mining swindles -- $g4.$tSnow job at the Emma Mine -- $g5.$tA brief history of diamond-mining frauds in America -- $g6.$tTin men -- $g7.$tProfessor Samuel Aughey : "a first-class charlatan" -- $g8.$tSwindle in South Park -- $g9.$tLeadville : a Comstock in the Colorado Rockies -- $g10.$tTichenor's gold : Calistoga natural springwater -- $g11.$tRichard Flower : master swindler -- $g12.$tThomas Lawson : champion of the people -- $g13.$tAron Beam and his gold process -- $g14.$tGolden sands of the Adirondacks -- $g15.$tMining gold from the sea -- $g16.$tThe spoilers -- $g17.$tWhitaker Wright's house of cards -- $g18.$tGeorge Graham Rice's adventures with your money -- $g19.$tDeath Valley Scotty : the showman as mine swindler -- $g20.$tThe literary life : Julian Hawthorne, mining swindler -- $g21.$tSelling the pure blue sky.
650 0 $aMines and mineral resources$xValuation$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aMines and mineral resources$xValuation$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aFraud$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aFraud$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aSwindlers and swindling$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aSwindlers and swindling$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip062/2005029913.html
852 00 $bglx$hTN272$i.P56 2006