Survival in Paradise: A Century of Coal Mining in the Bow Valley is both a story of how coal was mined in the region for nearly 100 years and a story of its four coal-mining towns.
Engineers and miners will be interested in the specifics of how coal was mined in the Rocky Mountains. General readers and those with a passion for history will appreciate how this book explores the development of each community and why three died and Canmore survived.
Author: Walter J. Riva
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Survival in Paradise: A Century of Coal Mining in the Bow Valley is both a story of how coal was mined in the region for nearly 100 years and a story of its four coal-mining towns.
Engineers and miners will be interested in the specifics of how coa (more)