Brown Bag Lunch Lecture – August 16, 2018 – MINING IN THE OLD DAYS

presented by Stephenie Slahor

California, Nevada and Arizona have rich mining histories, but mining in the old days was a unique, dangerous and difficult job.  This lecture looks at what life was like for miners, the work they did, how they lived, and how mining helped open the West for settlers.

Lecture Poster

Stephenie Slahor holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree and a Juris Doctor degree. Her career spans the fields of journalism, law, administration and education. She has traveled extensively and has lectured and taught at many colleges, universities, and museums, including here at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum.