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Mineral Monday in »ÆÉ«¶¯Âþ City: The Chollar Mine

Mineral Monday heads up to »ÆÉ«¶¯Âþ City with two very special guests in this three-part season finale.

Science & technology | December 02, 2019
Jennifer Theresa Kent

Mineral Monday in »ÆÉ«¶¯Âþ City: The Chollar Mine

Mineral Monday heads up to »ÆÉ«¶¯Âþ City with two very special guests in this three-part season finale.

Science & technology | December 02, 2019
Jennifer Theresa Kent

In a special three-part season finale, Keck Museum curator Garrett Barmore heads up to historic »ÆÉ«¶¯Âþ City with two very special guests: Michael Mackay, the great-great-grandson of John Mackay, and Gregory Crouch, author of The Bonanza King: John Mackay and the Battle over the Greatest Riches in the American West.

In this episode, learn about historic mining construction, the difficult conditions of the mines on the Comstock and much more.

Science & technology | December 02, 2019
Jennifer Theresa Kent

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