Mining Camp Days

By Emil W. Billeb

Book Overview

From the historian's point of view, this volume is a triumph of good judgment: Emil Billeb's in writing it around the bonanza of illustrative material he has gathered during the years; the publisher's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0913814059
• ISBN13: 9780913814055
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Nevada Publishing
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Bodie History

This is a must have book for anyone interested in the early mining camp of Bodie...it is not the beginning of the camp but Emil, a great historian and picture taker lays it all out....he was the son in law of James S. Cain and even tho' from Germany, the man earned his stripes from his boot tops up....his rememberances at the time of writing the book had nary a cloudy memory....

First Person Account of the Mining Era

Emil Billeb was a photographer and miner during the heyday of Great Basin (Nevada and Eastern Sierra) mining camps. He tells the stories with charm and his great camera of the people, technology, and environment.