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Samuel Peter Heintzelman And The Sonora Exploring And Mining Company DIANE M. T. NORTH

Samuel Peter Heintzelman And The Sonora Exploring And Mining Company

DIANE M. T. NORTH

Other works by DIANE M. T. NORTH

Publication: The University of Arizona Press, 1980, Tucson

First edition. 8vo. Cloth, titles stamped in gold gilt on front cover and spine, orange front and rear endpapers, xvii [blank], 248 pp., frontispiece, list of abbreviations, preface, acknowledgments, illustrated, plates, maps, notes, bibliography, index. A portion of one of Heintzelman's journals from August 3, 1858, through January 29, 1859, documents his activities as president of the Sonora Exploring and Mining Company and director of its field operations south of Tucson, in Tubac, Cerro Colorado, and Arivaca, Arizona (or more properly, Dona Ana County, Territory of New Mexico). Much on silver mining. Fine copy in lightly rubbed dust jacket.

Inventory Number: 41740

$25.00