Title: The letters of a young miner, covering the adventures of Jasper S. Hill during the California goldrush, 1849-1852.
Authors: Hill, Jasper Smith, 1832-1858.; Nunis, Doyce Blackman,; Nunis, Doyce B. 1924-2011,
Publisher: J. Howell-Books,
Year: 1964
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life California; California Gold discoveries.
Abstract: Hill's letters recount the Mt. Pleasant Mining Company (from Iowa) moving across country to California in 1849, and life in the mining camps. He described economic information, labor conditions, commodity prices, early exhaustion of the placer mines, and transition to quartz mining. After three years, he returned to Iowa without wealth.
Contents: Overland to California -- Letters from the miners -- Appendices: 1. John P. Grantham letter to Enoch S. Hill -- 2. Census of the Mt. Pleasant Mining Company -- Notes