It takes the average reader 5 hours and 40 minutes to read Mining Camps and Mining Districts by Charles Shinn
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Leading mining historian Kerby Jackson introduces us to a classic mining publication on the history of mining camps and mining districts. First released in 1885 by Charles Howard Shinn under the title "Mining Camps: A Study in American Frontier Government," this publication offers a unique look at how early gold miners established their own forms of representative government during the California Gold Rush. Drawing on the the early mining codes of mideviel German miners in the Harz Mountains, on the mining customs of the Cornish tin miners and early Spanish mining laws introduced into California, the miners established the first governments in the American West. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As such, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.
Mining Camps and Mining Districts by Charles Shinn is 340 pages long, and a total of 85,000 words.
This makes it 115% the length of the average book. It also has 104% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 44 minutes to read Mining Camps and Mining Districts aloud.
Mining Camps and Mining Districts is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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