California Gold Mining (illustrated)
Author | : Sunset Mining Company of California, U.S.A. |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 1900 |
Genre | : Gold mines and mining |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Sunset Mining Company of California, U.S.A. |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 1900 |
Genre | : Gold mines and mining |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Rosalyn Schanzer |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2007-01-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781426300400 |
The author uses lighthearted illustrations and excerpts from letters, journals, and newspaper articles to relate the story of the California Gold Rush of 1848. Full color.
Author | : Sylvia Alden Roberts |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0595524923 |
Did you know that an estimated 5,000 blacks were an early and integral part of the California Gold Rush? Did you know that black history in California precedes Gold Rush history by some 300 years? Did you know that in California during the Gold Rush, blacks created one of the wealthiest, most culturally advanced, most politically active communities in the nation? Few people are aware of the intriguing, dynamic often wholly inspirational stories of African American argonauts, from backgrounds as diverse as those of their less sturdy- complexioned peers. Defying strict California fugitive slave laws and an unforgiving court testimony ban in a state that declared itself free, black men and women combined skill, ambition and courage and rose to meet that daunting challenge with dignity, determination and even a certain elan, leaving behind a legacy that has gone starkly under-reported. Mainstream history tends to contribute to the illusion that African Americans were all but absent from the California Gold Rush experience. This remarkable book, illustrated with dozens of photos, offers definitive contradiction to that illusion and opens a door that leads the reader into a forgotten world long shrouded behind the shadowy curtains of time."
Author | : Jack Russell Wagner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : |
A nostalgic record of the last era of California gold mining.
Author | : Mary Hill |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 2000-02-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520929678 |
The discovery of gold in 1848 catapulted California into statehood and triggered environmental, social, political, and economic events whose repercussions are still felt today. Mary Hill combines her scientific training with a flair for storytelling to present the history of gold in California from the distant geological past through the wild days of the Gold Rush to the present. The early days of gold fever drew would-be miners from around the world, many enduring great hardships to reach California. Once here, they found mining to be backbreaking work and devised machines to help recover gold. These machines pawed gravel from river bottoms and tore apart mountainsides, wreaking environmental havoc that silted rivers, ruined farmlands, and provoked the world's first environmental conflict settled in the courts. Native Americans were nearly wiped out by invading miners or their diseases, and many Spanish-speaking settlers—Californios—were pushed aside. Hill writes of gold's uses in today's world for everything from coins to coffins, gourmet foods to spacecraft. Her comprehensive overview of gold's impact on California includes illustrated explanations of geology and mining in nontechnical language as well as numerous illustrations, maps, and photographs.
Author | : Stephen Krensky |
Publisher | : Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : California |
ISBN | : 9780689808036 |
Describes the discovery of gold in California and its impact on the development of California and the West.
Author | : Tom H. Watkins |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780517164303 |
Author | : Silas Weston |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-07-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781021559234 |
This memoir chronicles the experiences of Silas Weston, a prospector who spent four months in the California gold fields during the early days of the gold rush in the late 1840s. It provides a vivid and detailed portrait of life in the mining camps, including the hardships and dangers faced by miners and the economic and social dynamics of the mining communities. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.