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The method of hydraulic mining was developed in California to work low grade gravels while searching for gold. It was used from 1853 to 1884. The method was adopted in mining for other minerals.
Book Synopsis Origins of Hydraulic Mining in California by : Philip Ross May
Download or read book Origins of Hydraulic Mining in California written by Philip Ross May and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The method of hydraulic mining was developed in California to work low grade gravels while searching for gold. It was used from 1853 to 1884. The method was adopted in mining for other minerals.
An environmental History of California during the Gold Rush Between 1849 and 1874 almost $1 billion in gold was mined in California. With little available capital or labor, here's how: high-pressure water cannons washed hillsides into sluices that used mercury to trap gold but let the soil wash away; eventually more than three times the amount of earth moved to make way for the Panama Canal entered California's rivers, leaving behind twenty tons of mercury every mile—rivers overflowed their banks and valleys were flooded, the land poisoned. In the rush to wealth, the same chain of foreseeable consequences reduced California's forests and grasslands. Not since William Cronon's Nature's Metropolis has a historian so skillfully applied John Muir's insight—"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe"—to the telling of the history of the American West. Beautifully told, this is western environmental history at its finest.
Book Synopsis Mining California by : Andrew C. Isenberg
Download or read book Mining California written by Andrew C. Isenberg and published by Hill and Wang. This book was released on 2010-08-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An environmental History of California during the Gold Rush Between 1849 and 1874 almost $1 billion in gold was mined in California. With little available capital or labor, here's how: high-pressure water cannons washed hillsides into sluices that used mercury to trap gold but let the soil wash away; eventually more than three times the amount of earth moved to make way for the Panama Canal entered California's rivers, leaving behind twenty tons of mercury every mile—rivers overflowed their banks and valleys were flooded, the land poisoned. In the rush to wealth, the same chain of foreseeable consequences reduced California's forests and grasslands. Not since William Cronon's Nature's Metropolis has a historian so skillfully applied John Muir's insight—"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe"—to the telling of the history of the American West. Beautifully told, this is western environmental history at its finest.
Book Synopsis Hydraulic Mining in California by : Augustus Jesse Bowie
Download or read book Hydraulic Mining in California written by Augustus Jesse Bowie and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-19 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
For more than a century the history of the American Frontier, particularly the West, has been the speciality of the Arthur H. Clark Company. We publish new books, both interpretive and documentary, in small, high-quality editions for the collector, researcher, and library.
Book Synopsis Hydraulic Mining in California by : Powell Greenland
Download or read book Hydraulic Mining in California written by Powell Greenland and published by Arthur H. Clark Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a century the history of the American Frontier, particularly the West, has been the speciality of the Arthur H. Clark Company. We publish new books, both interpretive and documentary, in small, high-quality editions for the collector, researcher, and library.
Book Synopsis The California Debris Commission by : Joseph Jeremiah Hagwood (Jr.)
Download or read book The California Debris Commission written by Joseph Jeremiah Hagwood (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Practical Treatise on Hydraulic Mining in California by : Augustus Jesse Bowie
Download or read book A Practical Treatise on Hydraulic Mining in California written by Augustus Jesse Bowie and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Practical Treatise on Hydraulic Mining in California by : Augustus Jesse Bowie
Download or read book A Practical Treatise on Hydraulic Mining in California written by Augustus Jesse Bowie and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Practical Treatise on Hydraulic Mining in California by : Augustus Jesse Bowie (Jr)
Download or read book A Practical Treatise on Hydraulic Mining in California written by Augustus Jesse Bowie (Jr) and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
A nostalgic record of the last era of California gold mining.
Book Synopsis Gold Mines of California by : Jack Russell Wagner
Download or read book Gold Mines of California written by Jack Russell Wagner and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nostalgic record of the last era of California gold mining.
Mining in Yuba County illustrates the story of how this geologically unique part of California drew multitudes of people from around the world during the early days of the Gold Rush. It depicts the region's evolution from anarchy to civilization. It gives faces to the individuals who were instrumental in creating society in Yuba. It elaborates on incidents in which Yuba influenced the nation, on matters as historically significant as California entering the Union as a free state and affecting the outcome of the Civil War. Mining in Yuba fostered technological advancement precipitated by the depletion of surface gold and the necessity to get to the obscured gold. Conflicts between miners and agriculturists over hydraulic mining were litigated, and landmark legal decisions regarding the regulation of hydraulic mining all but ended the practice and were the beginnings of environmental protectionism and water rights issues in California. Finally, it reveals that despite heavy regulations that exist today, there is still mining in Yuba County.
Book Synopsis Mining in Yuba County by : Kathleen Smith
Download or read book Mining in Yuba County written by Kathleen Smith and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-16 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mining in Yuba County illustrates the story of how this geologically unique part of California drew multitudes of people from around the world during the early days of the Gold Rush. It depicts the region's evolution from anarchy to civilization. It gives faces to the individuals who were instrumental in creating society in Yuba. It elaborates on incidents in which Yuba influenced the nation, on matters as historically significant as California entering the Union as a free state and affecting the outcome of the Civil War. Mining in Yuba fostered technological advancement precipitated by the depletion of surface gold and the necessity to get to the obscured gold. Conflicts between miners and agriculturists over hydraulic mining were litigated, and landmark legal decisions regarding the regulation of hydraulic mining all but ended the practice and were the beginnings of environmental protectionism and water rights issues in California. Finally, it reveals that despite heavy regulations that exist today, there is still mining in Yuba County.
