Ontario's First Gold Rush: Eldorado

Archive

-

Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Name/Title

Ontario's First Gold Rush: Eldorado

Entry/Object ID

2022.205.01

Tags

Gold Mining, Mining History, Mining Industry, Madoc-Eldorado, Ontario

Scope and Content

Book discussing the history of gold mining in Madoc-Eldorado, Ontario

Context

The book discusses the first gold rush in Ontario which took place in Madoc-Eldorado in 1866. It discusses both the history of the discovery of gold as well as the impact made by said discovery. It is broken down into parts, they are as follows: Part 1: Discovery and Response: 1 In the Beginning 2. The Discovery 3. Word Spreads 4. Visitors Welcome ... Keep Out Part 2: The Law and Miners: 5. Three Locks on the Door 6. Planning for the Rush 7. The Gold Police 8. The Richardson Mine Raid 9. "Cariboo" and Friends 10. Help for the Amateurs Part 3: Crushers and Swindlers: 11. Upper, Lower, and United 12. A New Phase 13. All that Glisters... 14. The Crushers Come 15. A Bursting Bubble 16. Big is Better? Part 4: New Places and New Times: 17. Marmora Gold 18. The Seventies 19. The Last Hundred Years

Collection

Mining History

Cataloged By

unknown

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Natural Heritage Books

Date(s) of Creation

1889 - 2013

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Ontario's First Gold Rush: Eldorado

Description

Book discussing the history of gold mining in Madoc-Eldorado, Ontario

Creator

Gerry Boyce

Date(s) of Creation

1992

Subjects

History, Prospecting, Gold, Gold mining, Gold rushes

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Hamilton, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

926

Number Type

ISBN Number

Other Number

0-9204-74-74-8

Dimensions

Width

8 in

Length

10 in

Location

Location

Wall

Mining History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

February 24, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Date Examined

Feb 24, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, plastic, binding

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Ontario History (General), Mining History

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged by an unknown user, re-cataloged on February 24, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

February 24, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

February 24, 2022