"Roaring Days is the first full-length study to explore the history of the mining industry in British Columbia. The industry's development was not simple, as Mouat emphasizes by examining many different aspects of mining, from work underground to corporate strategies. He brings …
Although the book focuses on Rossland's sudden rise and its gradual decline as a mining town, the story of mining in the Kootenays is a local variant of a more profound event - the transformation of North America as it was brought within the network of world trade. In a world th…
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Roaring Days explores the history of the mining industry in British Columbia. Mouat examines the many different aspects of mining, from work underground to corporate strategies, and he also brings to life the unique individuals who were a part of this history--the miners who toi…