Pryor, Jerry (signed by author), — Southwest Missouri Mining.

Chicago, IL, Arcadia Pub, (2000). VG PB. The southwest corner of Missouri made fortunes for many early settlers to the area and created an economic boon rivaling the. Gold Rush. Author Pryor creates a pictorial history of the efforts of those who staked everything on the chance of striking a fortune underground in the land west of the Mississippi, a unique visual history of the region drawn from private photo collections and tales from the old-timers. In-depth captions detail the daily struggles of farmers becoming miners, and tall tales becoming legends.