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We Lived A Life And Then Some

The Life, Death, and Life of A Mining Town

Table of contents:


Acknowledgements

Foreword

Lawrence McBrearty

Introduction

Part One: Making a Place in History
1
A Hammer and a Fox
2 William Trethewey Comes to Cobalt
3 Tents in the Bush
4 Dancing on the Stage of the World
5 The Coming of the Ladies
6 Fire and Plague
7 Featuring a Cast of Thousands
8 Big Jim McGuire
9 The Whistle Blows Nine Times
10 Learning from the School of Life
11 The Prince Finally Comes

Part Two: Within Living Memory
12
The Friendless Finn
13 A Playground Like No Other
14 Gabriel Blows His Horn
15 The War Years
16 The Days of the Silver Miller
17 Hanging Out at the Minerva
18 Playing in the Drifts
19 Fighting at the Fraser
20 Searching for the High-Grade
21 Every Mother's Mistake
22 Struck Down by Fire

Part Three: Picking Up the Pieces
23
The Longest Decade
24 Once It's Gone
Conclusion

Chapter Sources

Glossary of Terms

Bibliography

  • Interviews
  • Journals, Articles
  • Reports
  • Books