Mining California

Author : Andrew C. Isenberg
Publisher : Hill and Wang
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780374707200

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Mining California by Andrew C. Isenberg Pdf

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.

Author : Powell Greenland
Publisher : Arthur H. Clark Company
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025284501

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Hydraulic Mining in California by Powell Greenland Pdf

For more than a century the history of the American Frontier, particularly the West, has been the speciality of the Arthur H. Clark Company. We publish new books, both interpretive and documentary, in small, high-quality editions for the collector, researcher, and library.

Author : Sylvia Alden Roberts
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780595524921

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Mining for Freedom by Sylvia Alden Roberts Pdf

Did you know that an estimated 5,000 blacks were an early and integral part of the California Gold Rush? Did you know that black history in California precedes Gold Rush history by some 300 years? Did you know that in California during the Gold Rush, blacks created one of the wealthiest, most culturally advanced, most politically active communities in the nation? Few people are aware of the intriguing, dynamic often wholly inspirational stories of African American argonauts, from backgrounds as diverse as those of their less sturdy- complexioned peers. Defying strict California fugitive slave laws and an unforgiving court testimony ban in a state that declared itself free, black men and women combined skill, ambition and courage and rose to meet that daunting challenge with dignity, determination and even a certain elan, leaving behind a legacy that has gone starkly under-reported. Mainstream history tends to contribute to the illusion that African Americans were all but absent from the California Gold Rush experience. This remarkable book, illustrated with dozens of photos, offers definitive contradiction to that illusion and opens a door that leads the reader into a forgotten world long shrouded behind the shadowy curtains of time."

Author : Arn Keeling,John Sandlos
Publisher : Canadian History and Environme
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 1552388042

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Mining and Communities in Northern Canada by Arn Keeling,John Sandlos Pdf

This collection examines historical and contemporary social, economic, and environmental impacts of mining on Aboriginal communities in northern Canada. Combining oral history research with intensive archival study, this work juxtaposes the perspectives of government and industry with the perspectives of local communities.

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Hydraulic mining
ISBN : STANFORD:36105046945916

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Mining Debris in California Rivers by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Pdf

Author : Marlene Smith-Baranzini
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520217705

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A Golden State by Marlene Smith-Baranzini Pdf

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.

Author : John Sandlos,Arn Keeling
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781459413535

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Mining Country by John Sandlos,Arn Keeling Pdf

Mining has had a significant presence in every part of Canada — from the east to west coasts to the far north. This book tells the stories of those who built Canada’s mining industry. It highlights the experiences of the people who lived and worked in mining towns across the country, the rise of major mining companies, and the emergence of Toronto and Vancouver as centres of global mining finance. It also addresses the devastating effects mining has had on Indigenous communities and their land and documents several high-profile resistance efforts. Mining Country presents fascinating snapshots of Canadian mining past and present, from pre-contact Indigenous copper mining and trading networks to the famous Cariboo and Klondike Gold Rushes. Generously illustrated with more than 150 visuals drawn from every period of mining history, this book offers a thorough account of the story behind the industry.

Author : Philip Ross May
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035278766

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Origins of Hydraulic Mining in California by Philip Ross May Pdf

The method of hydraulic mining was developed in California to work low grade gravels while searching for gold. It was used from 1853 to 1884. The method was adopted in mining for other minerals.

Author : Rodman Wilson Paul
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : California
ISBN : UOM:39015050713992

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California Gold by Rodman Wilson Paul Pdf

Author : William H. Storms,Harold W. Fairbanks
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547634027

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Old Mines of Southern California by William H. Storms,Harold W. Fairbanks Pdf

"Old Mines of Southern California" by William H. Storms, Harold W. Fairbanks. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Augustus Jesse Bowie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Gold mines and mining
ISBN : HARVARD:32044091863266

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Hydraulic Mining in California by Augustus Jesse Bowie Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Mine accidents
ISBN : UIUC:30112105181967

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Injury Experience in Nonmetallic Mineral Mining, Except Stone and Coal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andrew Scott Johnston
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781457183997

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Mercury and the Making of California by Andrew Scott Johnston Pdf

Exploring the development of California and the relationship between the built environments of the mercury-mining industry and the emerging ethnic identities and communities in California, Mercury and the Making of California brings mercury to its rightful place alongside gold and silver in their defining roles in the development of the American West. In this pioneering study, Andrew Johnston examines the history of California’s mercury-mining industry—and its defining role in the development of the American West. Mercury was crucial to refining gold and silver; therefore, its production and use were vital to creating and securing power and wealth in the west. The first industrialized mining in California, mercury mining had its own particular organization and structure shaped by powers first formed within the Spanish Empire, transformed by British imperial ambitions, and manipulated by groups made wealthy and powerful by controlling it. In addition, the landscapes of work and camp and the relations among the many groups—Mexicans, Chileans, Spanish, British, Irish, Cornish, American, and Chinese—throughout the industry’s history illustrate the complex history of race and ethnicity in the American West. Combining rich documentary sources with a close examination of the existing physical landscape, Andrew Johnston explores both the detail of everyday work and life in the mines and the larger economic and social structures in which mercury mining was enmeshed, revealing the significance of mercury mining to Western history.

Author : California State Agricultural Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Agricultural exhibitions
ISBN : CORNELL:31924065425732

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Report of the California State Agricultural Society by California State Agricultural Society Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Agricultural exhibitions
ISBN : UCAL:B3044085

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Report of the California State Agricultural Society by Anonim Pdf