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"In 1880s Montana where passions and gold fever run high as an American heiress turns to a rugged mountain man to help her locate her father's fortune. Summoned back to Philadelphia from the social whirl in London, Violet Mitchell never expected to find her brothers living on the edge of financial ruin while their father seeks new wealth in Montana's gold fields. With the family's home and social standing at risk, Violet makes a drastic decision....
2) The rancher
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"Searching for her place in her birth family, engineer Rachel Ford Morgan goes up against her family's rival, Cauy Lymond, when she discovers worrisome fault lines around an abandoned silver mine on his property, which threatens all their futures." --
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There's silver out there, Sabrina Eckhart is sure of it. And when she finds the hidden mine on her piece of West Texas desert, all of her financial problems are solved. That is, if she can find it. The man with the skills she needs is PI Alex Justice - former Navy pilot and current pain in the neck. When mysterious "accidents" start to plague their search, it seems Rina's multi-acre inheritance might be more a curse than a blessing. And if they don't...
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"After living an opulent life with her aunt, the last thing Isabella Garcia wants is to celebrate Christmas in a small mining town with her parents. But she's surprised to see how much the town--and an old rival--has changed and how fragile her father's health has become. Faced with many changes, can she sort through her future and decide who she wants to be?"--
5) Calico
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Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"When chef Owen Slader vanishes driving through the Mojave desert, the case is assigned to disgraced former LAPD detective Beth McDade. Beth might be searching for a way out, but all roads lead to local ruins known as Calico Ghost Town - and to a conclusion that will shake not just her entire existence, but will unbalance the world."--
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1946.
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English
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Early in the Civil War, the Confederacy sends Roger Duval to Sacramento, to keep an eye on the situation in California in hopes of turning the Western territory towards the Southern cause. It's a plush assignment, well out of the line of fire, but Duval hasn't been there long before he comes into mortal danger. On a swim in the Sacramento River, he gets knocked on the head by a paddleboat, and is drowning in the muck when Morina, a quick-witted woman...
8) Quick silver
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[1988]
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English
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Passionately in love with a woman he does not know is his half-sister, Tony Donovan, the illegitimate son of a wealthy mine owner, struggles to become part of the early gambling boom in Las Vegas.
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Christmas ; 11
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Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Ace and Chance Jensen skip Christmas at Sugarloaf Ranch for a Death Valley poker game where they win the deed to a silver mine and trade bullets with another wealthy mine owner who is trying to crush all competition.
This year, Ace and Chance Jensen will be spending Christmas at Death Valley. They need to claim Chance's prize in a poker game: the deed to a silver mine. They expect the mine to be worthless, not knowing a rich vein of silver hasn't...
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W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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A tale inspired by events in an isolated Idaho mining town in the 1970s traces the experiences of a handful of survivors after a disastrous fire and how they struggle to endure wrenching losses while rebuilding and pursuing dreams made harder by the tragedy.
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Five Star Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Two powerful railroads clash in a dispute over the Royal Gorge right-of-way to serve a valuable silver strike in Colorado. A reclusive financier with substantial holdings in the Denver & Rio Grande commissions the Knights of Labor to foment labor unrest against rival Atkins Topeka & Southern to delay development of the Royal Gorge spur while the dispute is litigated. Stephen Atkins, owner of the AT&S, turns to Pinkerton for assistance in breaking...
14) Dominion Creek
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Acorn
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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"As they work the silver mines of Montana, the ambitious Connolly brothers dream of riches and adventure. Seduced by rumors of a greater prize to the north, they embark on a dangerous journey to the heart of the Yukon in this epic tale of greed, love, betrayal, and gold. As they become increasingly corrupted by the lust for power and wealth, the Connollys must stick together if they are to survive the harsh realities of the Yukon." --
16) Messenger
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
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Based on the lives of the author's mother and grandmother, tells the story of a widowed Croatian immigrant trying to keep her family together in the mining towns of Ontario in the 1920s and 1930s.
19) 6 family movies
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Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Legend of the Ruby Silver: A mother and son are hired to lend a hand at a mining site. When the mine doesn't produce as expected, dangers become more and more real.
Walking thunder: The coming-of-age saga of young Jacob McKay, who becomes stranded with his family in the Rocky Mountains, where they are befriended by human and animal inhabitants.
Long road home: Being left with nowhere else to go Seth moves to his grandparents farm in Utah. Seth grows...
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Legend of the Ruby Silver: A mother and son are hired to lend a hand at a mining site. When the mine doesn't produce as expected, dangers become more and more real.
Walking thunder: The coming-of-age saga of young Jacob McKay, who becomes stranded with his family in the Rocky Mountains, where they are befriended by human and animal inhabitants.
Long road home: Being left with nowhere else to go Seth moves to his grandparents farm in Utah. Seth grows...
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