The History of Early Mining in Amador County
Author | : Pearl Emma Brown |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Amador County (Calif.) |
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Author | : Pearl Emma Brown |
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Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Amador County (Calif.) |
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Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Amador County (Calif.) |
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Author | : Stuart C. Lane |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : Amador County (Calif.) |
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Author | : Robert Wendell Richards |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Quartz mines and mining |
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Author | : John Poultney |
Publisher | : Arcadia Library Editions |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2006-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781531628666 |
Located in the heart of California's gold country, rural Amador County has retained much of its gold rush'era atmosphere, even as modern times have influenced the populace and the landscape. In the early days, life was quite rugged here, and lumberjacks, hard-rock miners, and railroad men were a common sight. Today much of the community's stunning natural setting remains nearly as sylvan and pristine as it was when the county was incorporated in 1854. Proud of an extensive and colorful history that includes mining, lumber, mountaineering, Native Americans, wine making, agriculture, and railroads, Amador County residents truly enjoy this slowly evolving place they call home.
Author | : Jesse D. Mason |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 1881 |
Genre | : Amador County (Calif.) |
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Author | : Jesse D. Mason |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 2024-04-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3385436869 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Author | : Rodman Wilson Paul |
Publisher | : Bison Books |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Jesse D. Mason |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 1881 |
Genre | : History |
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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.