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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b11390263.
- catalog coverage "California Gold discoveries.".
- catalog coverage "California History 1846-1850.".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "1. The Gold That Changed a Nation -- 2. Whodunit? -- 3. Cry Gold! After the Rush -- 4. Rushing to Cash In. Life in San Francisco -- 5. Outdoor Scholars. Life in the Mines. How They Mined the Gold -- 6. The Natural History of Placer Gold. Mining the Dead Rivers -- 7. The Mud Flood -- 8. Mining in the Deep Dark. All Dressed Up -- 9. The Big Picture. The Moving Earth -- 10. Gold Comes to California. California through the Ages -- 11. Out of the Mines, into the World. Good-bye to the Central America -- 12. Lost and Gone Forever -- 13. Mining Gold for Fun and Maybe Profit -- 14. The Corporate Gold Rush and Its Disreputable Offspring -- 15. What Good Is Gold?".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-291) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 306 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0520215478 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- catalog spatial "California Gold discoveries.".
- catalog spatial "California History 1846-1850.".
- catalog subject "979.4/04 21".
- catalog subject "F865 .H535 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Gold That Changed a Nation -- 2. Whodunit? -- 3. Cry Gold! After the Rush -- 4. Rushing to Cash In. Life in San Francisco -- 5. Outdoor Scholars. Life in the Mines. How They Mined the Gold -- 6. The Natural History of Placer Gold. Mining the Dead Rivers -- 7. The Mud Flood -- 8. Mining in the Deep Dark. All Dressed Up -- 9. The Big Picture. The Moving Earth -- 10. Gold Comes to California. California through the Ages -- 11. Out of the Mines, into the World. Good-bye to the Central America -- 12. Lost and Gone Forever -- 13. Mining Gold for Fun and Maybe Profit -- 14. The Corporate Gold Rush and Its Disreputable Offspring -- 15. What Good Is Gold?".
- catalog title "Gold : the California story / Mary Hill.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".