Title The gold seekers : gold, ghosts, and legends from Carolina to California / Nancy Roberts

Published Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©1989

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 265 pages) : illustrations Contents The discovery of gold in North Carolina -- The specter of the Reed mine -- The legendary Walter George -- The grisly ghost of Gold Hill -- The discovery of gold in Virginia -- The discovery of gold in South Carolina -- They called me "Fool Billy" -- Scalett O'Hara of the Dorn Mine -- The future of Cap'n Thies -- The discovery of gold in Georgia -- "Free Jim" -- Old Miss Mollie's back -- The discovery of gold in Alabama The discovery of gold in California -- A North Carolinian shapes California -- Off to the Gold Rush -- Green Russell: a man without fear -- Darling of the gold camps -- The bride of Vallecito -- The mark of Black Bart Summary The author presents both a history of this first gold rush and a bounty of legends that evolved from it. She tells how it began in North Carolina, the state that supplied all domestic gold coined at the U.S. Mint between 1804 and 1828, and of the discovery of gold in Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, and later in California and Colorado. She recounts how the Southern miners abandoned their mines within weeks of learning about the California gold strike, and, how for a while, they were said to be the only experienced miners working in the Western gold fields Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages ix-xviii) Notes Print version record Subject Gold mines and mining -- Southern States -- History -- Juvenile literature Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature JUVENILE NONFICTION -- United States -- History -- State & Local. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology. Gold mines and mining SUBJECT Southern States -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018878 Subject California Southern States Genre/Form History Juvenile works Form Electronic book ISBN 9781611173604 1611173604

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