Six months in the gold mines
Subtitle: from a journal of three years' residence in Upper and Lower California. 1847-8-9.
By: By E. Gould Buffum ...
Series: American culture series ;; 249:2
Publisher: Lea and Blanchard
Published: 1850
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Law and politics -- California; California -- Gold discoveries; Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) -- Description and travel
Description: Edward Gould Buffum (1820-1867), a New York journalist, came to California as an officer in the 7th Regiment of N.Y. Volunteers during the Mexican War. He stayed on to seek gold and edit a California newspaper before returning east to become Paris correspondent of the New York Herald. Six months in the gold mines (1850) is Buffum's vivid account of his regiment's voyage west in 1846 to help secure California for the United States. He describes his discharge from the army in Monterey and his subsequent adventures as a gold seeker, sailing up the Sacramento to reach the Sierra Nevadas above Sutter's Fort. He describes prospecting along the Bear and Yuba Rivers, Weber Creek, and Middle and South Forks of the American River, Foster's Bar, and Weaver's Creek, 1848-1849. He concludes with the story of his work for Alta California in San Francisco and the growth of San Francisco.
Notes: No known restrictions on publication.
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms, 1964. 1 reel. 35mm
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