Publisher's Synopsis
Illustrated edition with over 450 images. The mining terms, as used at Bisbee, during its near- century of operation, are based in the richness of merging cultures from other mining regions in the U.S. with those of Europe and nearby Mexico. Many of the terms that evolved in the mines here are descriptive and simple, while others are seemingly unrelated, if not confusing. This was the language of a Bisbee miner, a tongue native to none, but common to all. Herein are many of the words and phrases used by those to labor in this dimly lit worlds. Soon, all too soon, the men who spoke this language of mining at Bisbee will all be gone. The intent of this work is to preserve something of this tonque before it is lost forever.
