California Gold--The Beginning of Mining in the Far West

Name/Title

California Gold--The Beginning of Mining in the Far West

Entry/Object ID

2012.3.28

Description

"A study of the twenty-five years of California gold mining that began with Marshall's discovery in 1848 and ended in 1873.." specifically, the life of the gold miner and the social, economic, and technical changes within that 25-year period.

Collection

Books

Acquisition

Accession

2012.3

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Hydraulic mining, Gold miners, Miners' unions, Placer mining, Gold mining, Mines, Miners, Immigrants, Quicksilver mining, Copper mining

Search Terms

Gold mining, Gold miners, Mines, Miners, Miners' lives, Mines and mining, Miners' unions, Immigrants, Immigrant miners, Chinese miners, Cornish miners, Copper mining, Hydraulic mining, Placer mining, Mining laws, Quicksilver mining

Book Details

Author

Paul, Rodman W.

Date Published

1947

Call No.

979.4 Pau

Create Date

May 12, 2012

Update Date

July 9, 2026