In the 1950s and 60s, the remote community of Elsa, 300 miles north of Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory, was the epicentre of one of the worlds most lucrative silver mining operations. For twelve of those years, Gerald Priest was the chief assayer for United Keno Hill Mines (UKHM). When Gerry stakes the Moon Claims and discovers a phenomenal silver-rich boulder. But when Gerry tries to smelt and sell the ore, UKHM calls the RCMP. Too many things dont add up.
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In the 1950s and 60s, the remote community of Elsa, 300 miles north of Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory, was the epicentre of one of the worlds most lucrative silver mining operations. For twelve of those years, Gerald Priest was the chief assayer for United Keno Hill Mines (UKHM). When Gerry stakes the Moon Claims and discovers a phenomenal silver-rich boulder. But when Gerry tries to smelt and sell the ore, UKHM calls the RCMP. Too many things dont add up.
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Near Fine. No Jacket as Issued. Book Minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean, unread copy in collectible condition; illustrated with both black and white and colour photographs and a black and white map.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Inscribed By Author (CAD) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title page: "To-----/ Alicia". no other markings, about Fine in Near Fine dust ajcket. Boards, 251pp, index, colour and monochrome photos. In A Rock Fell on the Moon, Alicia Priest consults letters, news stories, archived RCMP files and court documents, and interviews with former mine employees, litigators and police investigators, to piece together the full story of her father's infamous heist. The result is a lively, heartrending account of a mysterious crime that came extraordinarily close to succeeding; a fascinating look into the small mining communities that once thrived in the Yukon; and the personal story of the Priest family. (1.8 JM HOQ 103/b3.