An Empire Of Silver. A History Of The San Juan Silver Rush

ROBERT L. BROWN

Publication: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1965, Caldwell

First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth, titles stamped in silver on the front cover and spine, maps on front and rear endpapers, 328 pp., introduction, acknowledgments, illustrated from photographs. A history of the silver rush in Colorado's San Juan mountains. Six Guns 302 says "In a chapter entitled 'Crime and Justice' the author tells about the lynching of Billy LeRoy and his brother, who went under the name Frank Clark. He also tells of the stage robberies committed by Ike Stockton and the Charles Allison gang and of the lynching of Stockton. He gives an account of Bat Masterson's experiences as a peace officer at Silverton, Colorado, and of the McCarthy gang holding up the bank in Delta. He also tells about the Marlows and their troubles in Texas and devotes several pages to the crimes of Alferd Packer, whose first name he spells Alfred, as most other writers do." A fine bright, tight copy that lacks the dust jacket..