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Article: Hills of Silver: The Yukon's Mighty Keno Hill Mine.(Book review)
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- March 1, 2007
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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HILLS OF SILVER: THE YUKON'S MIGHTY KENO HILL MINE. By DR. AARO E. AHO. Madeira Park, British Columbia: Harbour Publishing, 2006. ISBN 1-55017-394-4. 336 p., b & w illus., selected references, glossary, index. Softbound. Cdn$26.95.
Hills of Silver is a comprehensive history of 70 years of prospecting and development in the Stewart River basin of the Yukon Territory. Written by a prominent Yukon geologist who was personally involved in the last two decades of that activity, the book is suffused with the rugged personalities that made it all happen. Above all this is a people book, with over 500 named individuals derived from the author's personal contacts and his ...