Gold : the California story /

"Mary Hill's book chronicles this important chapter in California's history. Combining the narrative skill of the storyteller with the expertise of the geologist, Hill gives us a complete and fascinating picture of California gold - its origins in the Earth, the history of its discove...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hill, Mary, 1923-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1999.
Subjects:
1846-1850
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Gold mines and mining
Gold Rush.
Goudmijnen.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
History & Archaeology.
United States Local History.
California > Gold discoveries.
California > History > 1846-1850.
Californie > Découvertes d'or.
Californie > Histoire > 1846-1850.
California
Californië
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The gold that changed a nation
  • Whodunit?
  • Cry gold!
  • After the rush
  • Rushing to cash in
  • Life in San Francisco
  • Outdoor scholars
  • Life in the mines
  • How they mined the gold
  • The natural history of placer gold
  • Mining the dead rivers
  • The mud flood
  • Mining in the deep dark
  • All dressed up
  • The big picture
  • The moving earth
  • Gold comes to California
  • California through the ages
  • Out of the mines, into the world
  • Good-bye to the Central America
  • Lost and gone forever
  • Mining gold for fun and maybe profit
  • The corporate gold rush and its disreputable offspring
  • What good is gold?

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