| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 306 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| 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? |
| Summary |
"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 discovery, techniques of mining it, and its uses in modern times. The excitement of the gold rush is brought alive in these pages. But Hill also discusses the devastating costs - the extinction of the Native American tribes who had lived on the land for many centuries; the displacement of the Spanish-speaking residents (the Californios); and the silting of rivers from mining operations that led to severe flooding and ruined farmland."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Gold mines and mining
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Gold Rush.
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Goudmijnen.
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Regions & Countries - Americas.
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History & Archaeology.
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United States Local History.
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| SUBJECT |
California -- Gold discoveries.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018877
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California -- History -- 1846-1850. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018881
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| Subject |
California
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Californië
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
99019408 |
| ISBN |
9780520929678 |
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0520929675 |
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0585338353 |
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9780585338354 |
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