A Golden State
Subtitle: Mining and Economic Development in Gold Rush California (California History Sesquicentennial Series, 2)
Contributors: James J. Rawls (Editor); Richard J. Orsi (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: June 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780520217713
Subjects: Economic History; Mining industry; The Environment; Gold mines and mining; Development - Economic Development; History - General History; United States - 19th Century; History: American; USA; History; History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY); California; 19th century; Economic Conditions
First sentence: On January 24, 1848, a thirty-two-year-old Virginian named Henry William Bigler recorded in his diary one of the most fateful sentences in American history: "This day some kind of mettle was found in the tail race that looks like goald first discovered by James Martial, the Boss of the Mill."