Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings (Classic Reprint)

Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings (Classic Reprint)

Author: Daniel B. Woods

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-03

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9780265816028

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Excerpt from Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings I intend to make this volume a miner's manual, in which he may find important directions relating to the various mining operations. Another motive with the writer is the desire to induce all who are doing well enough, who are liv ing within their means and laying by a little, to re main satisfied at home. The question is often asked, Who should go to the mines It is very sure that a man with a family depending upon his daily efforts should not go. He should not exhaust his slender means, and run himself in debt, with the hope of making himself independent in one or two years. Let such a one, who is inclined to do this, picture to himself his wife struggling alone with poverty or sickness, his children left without a father's presence and love to guide and protect, and himself a home less wanderer, subjected to the privations, hardships, and sickness incident to such a vagrant life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Digging for Gold

Digging for Gold

Author: R. M. Ballantyne

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-11

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9781331194989

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Excerpt from Digging for Gold: Or Adventures in California There is a vast amount of interesting information on almost all subjects, which many people, especially the young, cannot attain to because of the expense, and, in some instances, the rarity of the books in which it is contained. To place some of this information, in an attractive form, within the reach of those who cannot afford to purchase expensive books, is the principal object of this miscellany. Truth is stranger than fiction, but fiction is a valuable assistant in the development of truth. Both, therefore, shall be used in these volumes. Care will be taken to ensure, as far as is possible, that the facts stated shall be true, and that the impressions given shall be truthful. As all classes, in every age, have proved that tales and stories are the most popular style of literature, each volume of the series (with, perhaps, one or two exceptions) will contain a complete tale, the heroes and actors in which, together with the combination of circumstances in which they move, shall be more or less fictitious. In writing these volumes, the author has earnestly endeavoured to keep in view the glory of God and the good of man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War

The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War

Author: Leonard L. Richards

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2008-02-12

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0307277577

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Award-winning historian Leonard L. Richards gives us an authoritative and revealing portrait of an overlooked harbinger of the terrible battle that was to come. When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848, Americans of all stripes saw the potential for both wealth and power. Among the more calculating were Southern slave owners. By making California a slave state, they could increase the value of their slaves—by 50 percent at least, and maybe much more. They could also gain additional influence in Congress and expand Southern economic clout, abetted by a new transcontinental railroad that would run through the South. Yet, despite their machinations, California entered the union as a free state. Disillusioned Southerners would agitate for even more slave territory, leading to the Kansas-Nebraska Act and, ultimately, to the Civil War itself.


The Young Prospector

The Young Prospector

Author: Edwin J. Houston

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-18

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9781331729730

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Excerpt from The Young Prospector: Or the Search for the Lost Gold Mine While the characters in the story may seem to be strong and wonderful types of boys, yet the reader is asked to bear in mind the fact that none Of the actions which he has ascribed to them can be regarded as improbable in healthy and intelligent boys who have had the advan tages Of proper development of both body and mind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Rush for Riches

Rush for Riches

Author: J. S. Holliday

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780520214019

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Traces the history of the California Gold Rush from 1849 through 1884 when a court decision forced the shut down of the hydraulic mining operations, bringing decades of careless freedom to an end.


The Gold Bug Story Book

The Gold Bug Story Book

Author: Dennis H. Stovall

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 9780260106797

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Excerpt from The Gold Bug Story Book: Mining Camp Tales The greatest battles ever fought are those in which America's army of miners and mining men engage, yet they are fighting them unknown to the world. It is an army of soldiers of honest toil, - an army of martyrs that does not know defeat - that is fighting mountains and making straight the way for others to follow - that is unlocking the treasure vaults of Nature to increase the riches of the world. To you who have mined and are a soldier in this army, and to your friend and the friends of your friend, The Gold Bug Story Book is dedicated. If you can get one little heart throb out of it, the author will feel that his work of writing it has not been done in vain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.