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An environmental History of California during the Gold Rush Between 1849 and 1874 almost $1 billion in gold was mined in California. With little available capital or labor, here's how: high-pressure water cannons washed hillsides into sluices that used mercury to trap gold but let the soil wash away; eventually more than three times the amount of earth moved to make way for the Panama Canal entered California's rivers, leaving behind twenty tons of mercury every mile—rivers overflowed their banks and valleys were flooded, the land poisoned. In the rush to wealth, the same chain of foreseeable consequences reduced California's forests and grasslands. Not since William Cronon's Nature's Metropolis has a historian so skillfully applied John Muir's insight—"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe"—to the telling of the history of the American West. Beautifully told, this is western environmental history at its finest.
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Excerpt from A Review of Mining in California During 1921, Vol. 8: With Notes on the the Outlook for 1922, Labor Conditions, Needs of the Industry For over two years the State Mining Bureau has been carrying on its field work through district engineers in branch offices as shown on the map on the Opposite page, and as a result of the personal contact with the mining industry thus achieved, it has been possible to greatly increase the efficiency of the service which the Bureau at all times strives to offer by way of aiding in the development of the natural resources of California. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from A Review of Mining in California During 1919 In Amador County the most important setback to production has been the fire which broke out in the Argonaut on March 27 and also affected the Kennedy. The mill at the Argonaut lost about two months time. The South Eureka was closed early in 1918 because of impoverish ment of ore, increased costs and unwillingness of stockholders to spend more money at present for sinking and exploration. The old Eureka has so far made no production. The Central Eureka is now Operating at depths of from 3500 to 3700 feet, and have an ore body which shows considerable free gold. Here again persistence has won and the company reports show the mine in the best condition for over ten years: The full plant of forty stamps with a capacity of 5000 tons a month has recently resumed Operation, and operations for October show a net profit in spite of the fact that the closing of the South Eureka makes it necessary for the \central Eureka Company to pump the water from both mines. The ore in the new shoot is comparable in grade to that found at the Morgan mine, although of course geological conditions are different. Success at the Central Eureka is bound to have a good in uence on its neighbors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
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A collection of essays on mining and economic development in California from the Gold Rush through the end of the 19th century. This is the second in a series of four volumes comemmorating the state's sesquicentennial.