Copy of Rails to Gold & Silver Vol 1

Rails To Gold and Silver - Lines to Montana's Mining Camps - Volume I: 1883-1887: In 1883 the Northern Pacific Railroad completed its main line through Montana. Its charter and the conservative nature of its management prevented the NP from building branch lines to developing gold, silver and copper mining camps such as Wallace, Cooke City, Elkhorn, Pony and Virginia City. James J. Hill of the Great Northern Railway recognized the NP's omission and began building a railroad into the territory. By 1886 the NP, aided by Helena banker Samuel T. Hauser, was in an all-out war with Hill and the UP to protect its mining traffic sources. Rails to Gold and Silver: Volume I covers the Northern Pacific & Montana's construction between 1883 and 1887. A return of this long out of print book when the publisher found long forgotten stock.