Mining California: An Ecological History by Andrew C. Isenberg

Mining California: An Ecological History

Andrew C. Isenberg

256 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history technology challenging informative slow-paced
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An environmental History of California during the Gold RushBetween 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 ...

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