A trip to the gold mines of California in 1848.
By: Edited, with introd. and notes, by John A. Hussey.
Contributors: Hussey, John A.
Publisher: Book Club of California
Published: 1960
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 51
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- California.; Ethnic groups -- California.; California -- Gold discoveries.
Description: John Swan (1817-1896), an English sailor, settled in Monterey in 1843 and joined other Californians in the rush to the gold fields to the north in July 1848. A trip to the gold mines of California in 1848 (1960) prints a memoir written out by Swan in 1870 giving an account of his ride north to Log Cabin Ravine and daily life as a prospector on the American River. A few months in the mines satisfy Swan, and he recounts his return to Monterey, where he spent the rest of his life. His book offers lively anecdotes of mining methods and miners in 1848 as well as of the land and people.
Notes: No known restrictions on publication. No copyright renewal found.
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 37-51)
400 copies printed.
Edited from a manuscript in the Bancroft Library of the University of California.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.