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Description: A British satire on the California Gold Rush and other gold mining practices. The author, who calls himself "a shareholder," was a member of a mining shareholding company and provides an insider's view of the system. The book begins by explaining that there are two types of gold mining companies: "those that have not, and never had any Mines at all, but possess an unlimited imagination," and "those that have plenty of Mines, equally fertile brains, but no Gold." The author, or "victim," describes the Gold Rush as "popular madness."
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1854.
Call number: 446600
Dimensions: 22 cm
Associated organization: W. Kent and Co.,

"The Miner's Bank"

Manuscripts

The "California Gold Rush Fleet Encyclopedia of Vessels Sailing from the East Coast of the United States and Canada for San Francisco, December 7, 1848-December 31, 1849" comprises individual histories of 762 ships as well as various subject files, arranged in alphabetical order. Goodman records a broad spectrum of information derived from a variety of sources about the multitude of Gold Rush vessels. The bulk of the manuscripts are photocopies and some are heavily annotated in the author's hand. Some histories include hand colored illustrations of maps and ships. They were written and edited between 1970-1991.

mssGoodman

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HALL, Leon M: Report: Redmond Consol. Mines, Mineral Co., Nev

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters, manuscripts (including diaries and mining reports), photographs and maps related to the career of mining engineer Charles Janin. Subject matter in the collection focuses on minerals, mines and mining, especially in California, Mexico, Alaska, Canada, Russia (including Siberia), and Central and South America. There is information about gold, silver, platinum, and tin mining as well as gold dredging.

mssJaninc

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Mines and mineral resources

Manuscripts

The collection consists of correspondence, documents, maps, reports, publications, and clippings related to land tenure and water use in and around Mono County (including Mono Basin, Mono Lake, Lee Vining Creek and Rush Creek), Inyo County, and Los Angeles, California.

mssClover

The Honest Miner’s Song

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Image contains thirteen vignettes each depicting different aspects of a miner's life. These include vignettes of a miner's daily chores, how miners entertain themselves, and the joys and pains of mining life. The text in the center of the image is of two songs, one expressing a miner's happiness and optimism before setting out to California, and the other expressing a miner's sadness and pessimism now that he has experienced the harsh realities of gold mining. "Published by Geo. H. Baker."--text, above image. Paper color: gray.

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a. General Minerals Taxco Mining Properties

Manuscripts

The collection contains letters, documents, including 190,000 reports, 1200 maps, 500 photographs, and 8200 pieces of printed material related to the life and career of Ralph Arnold. Subjects represented in the collection include: mining, petroleum, and seismology in the Western United States as well as Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and South America; political papers from 1914 to 1956, mostly concerning the campaign of Herbert Hoover for president; family and personal papers from 1836 to 1961 of Arnold and his father, Delos Arnold, containing source material on Pasadena and Southern California local history. The collection also contains Arnold's field books, including those made at Stanford University with the U.S. Geological Survey from 1900 to 1909.

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The Miners’ Ten Commandments

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Image depicts miners engaged in various types of mining: panning for gold, using a long tom, sluicing, using a well, and wheeling an ore cart out of a mine entrance. Baird notes that this image is related to "River Mining" in its format and execution. "Published at the Wide West Office, 184 Clay Street. Anthony & Baker SC."--text, below image. "[Noi]sy Carriers, [S]an Francisco."--stamped text, upper left corner of the image. There are two handwritten uppercase letters beneath the title of the image. Paper color: gray.

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