Quicksilver mining in Sonoma County
Subtitle: Pine Flat prospect fever
By: Joe Pelanconi
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9781626194724
Subjects: History; Mercury mines and mining; Biography; Mercury miners
Description: "Discover the nineteenth century history of mercury mining in the hills of Sonoma County, California"--

"A history of the quicksilver mining boom that took place in Sonoma County, California, in the late 1800s"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-137) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1; title: Characters of the Time -- 11 -- 2; title: Early Discovery and Prospecting Fever -- 18 -- 3; title: Mines and Their Problems A Character of the Time: Cum Yuk -- 52 -- 4; title: Sonoma County's Reaction to Its Mines -- 55 -- 5; title: Building a Mining Town -- 72 -- 6; title: Life in Pine Flat -- 85 -- 7; title: The Rapid Demise -- 107 -- 8; title: Searching for Historical Significance-- 122.