Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings
By: By Daniel B. Woods.
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Published: 1851
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Business -- California; California -- Gold discoveries; California -- Description and travel
Description: Daniel B. Woods of Philadelphia sailed to California in February 1849, crossing Mexico to San Blas, and arriving in San Francisco in June. Sixteen months at the gold diggings (1851) recounts those travels as well as his experiences as a prospector in the Northern Mines on the American River and at Hart's Bar and other camps in the Southern Mines before starting home in November, 1850. His book offers an exceptionally realistic picture of the drudgery of mining and the business side of miners' companies.
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Table of contents: title: PREFACE
pagenum: v; label: CHAPTER I
pagenum: 9
title: GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY; label: CHAPTER II
pagenum: 21
title: VOYAGE TO CALIFORNIA; label: CHAPTER III
pagenum: 49
title: NORTHERN MINES; label: CHAPTER IV
pagenum: 77
title: SOUTHERN MINES; label: CHAPTER V
pagenum: 123
title: SOUTHERN MINES CONTINUED; label: CHAPTER VI
pagenum: 167
title: SAN FRANCISCO; label: CHAPTER VII
pagenum: 179
title: HINTS TO MINERS; title: APPENDIX
pagenum: 193