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A Guide to the Gold Rush Country of California (Paperback)
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A Guide to the Gold Rush Country of California (Paperback)
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List price R600
Loot Price R494
Discovery Miles 4 940
You Save R106 (18%)
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The discovery of gold on the magical date of January 24, 1848, when
James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill near Coloma,
started a rush that was unprecedented in all of the world's
history. The discovery started a boom period to the state that
lasted at least 15 years. By 1849, gold production reached $10
million, and it would not be until 1929 that production would drop
below that value. 1852 was the all-time peak year, with $82 million
in gold production from a total of almost four million ounces
mined. Between 1850 and 1864, over one million ounces were mined
every year. In this book Frank Lorey covers the historic towns and
mining locations in the eleven counties which produced the vast
majority of California's golden wealth. Most are situated along and
nearby to Highway 49, known as California's "Golden Highway." Today
many are nothing more than historic locations, having become ghost
towns long ago, but some are still quite lively locations. The book
was developed from a popular series of articles in the California
Geology and California Mining Journal magazines over the years,
starting in 1985. Frank Lorey has taken many of the photographs
during his travels in the area, and for a few years he lived just
outside the gold rush country.
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