This is the account of the 2010 San Jose mine rescue in Chile, after one of the longest human entrapments in history. With his coveted "rescue pass," the author was permitted access far past the police perimeter. It would be seventeen long days before the miners were discovered alive and the world press descended. It would be another fifty-two days before the miners were all successfully rescued. For eight weeks, the author conducted interviews with...

"How Chinese migration to the world's goldfields upended global power and economics and forged modern conceptions of race. In roughly five decades, between 1848 and 1899, more gold was removed from the earth than had been mined in the 3,000 preceding years. But friction between Chinese and white settlers on the goldfields of California, Australia, and South Africa catalyzed a global battle over "the Chinese Question": Would the United States and the...

Recounts the tales and legends of those hardy souls who searched for buried treasure in the Southwest

Bohemia Gold Mines is the story of how the gold was discovered, who the major players were, and how the mines are today. It features Aaron Rose, the founder of Roseburg, former Governor Chadwick, Doctor Oglesby, and many others. It also includes interviews with people directly associated with the mines and mining history.