Six Months in the Gold Mines
Six Months in the Gold Mines

Author: Edward Gould Buffum

Publisher:

Published: 1850

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13:

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Edward Gould Buffum (1820-1867), a New York journalist, came to California as an officer in the 7th Regiment of N.Y. Volunteers during the Mexican War. He stayed on to seek gold and edit a California newspaper before returning east to become Paris correspondent of the New York Herald. Six months in the gold mines (1850) is Buffum's vivid account of his regiment's voyage west in 1846 to help secure California for the United States. He describes his discharge from the army in Monterey and his subsequent adventures as a gold seeker, sailing up the Sacramento to reach the Sierra Nevadas above Sutter's Fort. He describes prospecting along the Bear and Yuba Rivers, Weber Creek, and Middle and South Forks of the American River, Foster's Bar, and Weaver's Creek, 1848-1849. He concludes with the story of his work for Alta California in San Francisco and the growth of San Francisco.

Mining California
Mining California

Author: Andrew C. Isenberg

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2010-08-24

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 0374707200

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An environmental History of California during the Gold Rush Between 1849 and 1874 almost $1 billion in gold was mined in California. With little available capital or labor, here's how: high-pressure water cannons washed hillsides into sluices that used mercury to trap gold but let the soil wash away; eventually more than three times the amount of earth moved to make way for the Panama Canal entered California's rivers, leaving behind twenty tons of mercury every mile—rivers overflowed their banks and valleys were flooded, the land poisoned. In the rush to wealth, the same chain of foreseeable consequences reduced California's forests and grasslands. Not since William Cronon's Nature's Metropolis has a historian so skillfully applied John Muir's insight—"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe"—to the telling of the history of the American West. Beautifully told, this is western environmental history at its finest.

Early Mining Days
Early Mining Days

Author: Stanley W. Paher

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780887141119

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Experience the adventure, romance, and history of people who struggled to realize their share of the American dream of finding gold in California. This 9" x 12" book is overflowing with beautiful photos and entertaining history.

Gold
Gold

Author: Mary Hill

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0520236807

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"This is a very readable account of gold mining in California from the earliest days to the present and of its economic, social, cultural, and literary consequences. It should provide many evenings of enjoyable and informative reading."—Paul C. Bateman, U.S. Geological Survey, retired "Mary Hill's first-rate narrative is a remarkable synthesis. She skillfully weaves together the geology, history, and romance of the gold story in a lively and informative style. Anyone interested in California history, especially the Gold Rush, will relish this book."—Martin Ridge, Huntington Library

California Notes
California Notes

Author: Charles Beebe Turrill

Publisher:

Published: 1876

Total Pages: 262

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Charles Beebe Turrill (1854-1927) was a California historian and promoter. California notes (1876) is a guide for travellers, offering details of the state's weather, geology, and vegetation as well as recommended travel routes, historical notes, business statistics, and sightseeing tips for visitors to San Francisco, Stockton, Calaveras County and its mammoth trees and caves, the gold mining district, and the Yosemite Valley.

Placer Mining for Gold in California
Placer Mining for Gold in California

Author: Charles Volney Averill

Publisher: Franklin Classics

Published: 2018-10-15

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9780343276164

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Bodie’s Gold
Bodie’s Gold

Author: Marguerite Sprague

Publisher: University of Nevada Press

Published: 2005-08-03

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 0874178681

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The Bodie Mining District was established in 1860 after the discovery of gold deposits in the area. Bodie’s largest boom ended ust over twenty years later, but the town survived into the twentieth century supported by a few small but steady mines. Mining ended with World War II. What remained of the town became a state park in 1964. In Bodie’s Gold, author Marguerite Sprague uncovers the original sources of information whenever possible, from the first mining claims to interviews with former Bodieites. Enhanced with numerous historic photographs and extracts from newspapers of that period, as well as by the reminiscences of former residents, the book offers a fascinating account of life in a Gold Rush boomtown.

Hydraulic Mining in California
Hydraulic Mining in California

Author: Powell Greenland

Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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For more than a century the history of the American Frontier, particularly the West, has been the speciality of the Arthur H. Clark Company. We publish new books, both interpretive and documentary, in small, high-quality editions for the collector, researcher, and library.