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Mining California: An Ecological History
Mining California An Ecological History
Author: Andrew C. Isenberg
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 time...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780809069323
ISBN-10: 0809069326
Publication Date: 7/25/2006
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Hill and Wang
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This is a text book for junior college California history classes.


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