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The southern mines of California, early development of the Sonora mining region by Roberta Evelyn Holmes.
- Title
- The southern mines of California, early development of the Sonora mining region [microform], by Roberta Evelyn Holmes.
- Author
- Holmes, Roberta Evelyn
- Publication
- San Francisco, The Grabhorn Press, 1930.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Request in advance | US 38279.15.65 | Off-site |
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- Grabhorn Press
- Description
- 5 p. ℓ., 60 p. plates (part fold.) 2 maps (incl. fold. front.); 32 cm.
- Summary
- "Covers early mining in the area; first trails, pack trains, express lines to the Southern mines; foreigners in the mines (prejudice, foreign miner's tax, Mexicans, abuse and continued agitation against the Chinese, etc.); government in the mines (military control, gentlemen's code, miners' meetings and courts, lynch law, Vigilance Committee, etc.); mining methods (placer mining, the Rocker, mining ditches, the Long Tom, quartz, pocket and hydraulic mining, etc.) Colombia; social life in the mines (Sunday in the mines, amusements, influence of women, etc.)--Bookdealer's description
- Uniform Title
- Western Americana, 1550-1900 reel 267, no. 2643.
- Subject
- Gold mines and mining > California
- Note
- "250 copies of this book printed ..."
- Master microform held by: ResP.
- Bibliography (note)
- "Bibliography": p. [57]-60.
- Indexed In (note)
- Howes, U.S.IANA,
- Heller & Magee. Bib. Grabhorn Press,
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Early mining -- Travel to the mines -- Foreigners in the mines -- Government -- Mining methods -- Columbia, "gem of the southern mines" -- Life in the mines -- Trip through the diggins in 1925 -- Appendix.
- LCCN
- ^^^31021651^
- OCLC
- 4736777
- SCSB-12188823
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library