Chasing the Glitter: Black Hills Milling, 1874-1959 Richmond L. Clow. Print-version Price: $30.00 Tweet Cloth 216 pages 8.5 x 11 inches 72 b&w photographs, 18 drawings, map ISBN: 097151710X $59.95 Now, just $30.00 Volume Two in the Historical Preservation Series “Chasing the Glitter helps bring these old mills to life, telling their story and the larger history of Black Hills gold mining.”—Great Plains Quarterly “Readers of this volume will certainly be well-informed about the industrial and landscape history of how South Dakota ore was turned to gold.”—Western Historical Quarterly Generously illustrated with historic photographs, Chasing the Glitter tells the story of the men, mills, and machines that teased precious metals from the reluctant ores of the Black Hills of South Dakota. “Chasing the Glitter gives mining historians a single source to understand important technological advances.”—David A. Wolff, Black Hills State University "This volume will be of interest to a wide audience including geologists, prospectors, engineers, historians and anyone interested in the natural and human history of the Black Hills."—American Mineralogist "The cross-fertilization of inventions and ideas between the Black Hills and other mining districts is especially interesting."—American Mineralogist Following the 1874 discovery of gold, miners with picks and pans swarmed to Dakota Territory, ready to glean easy fortunes. Instead they harvested disappointment when ores proved resistant to hand tools. Unable to finance costly recovery methods, prospectors sold their hard-rock claims to wealthy entrepreneurs and companies. Three years later, the first mill began operating in Deadwood Gulch. Less glamorous than the romantic adventurers who discovered the glitter in the streams, the engineers and metallurgists who chased the glitter in the hard rock unlocked the secrets of the complex ores. In the process, they made mining the region’s premier industry and contributed significantly to the world’s mineral-recovery technology.