The Romance of Mining; Containing Interesting Descriptions of the Methods of Mining for Minerals in All Parts of the World (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III THE ELDORADO OF THE GREAT WEST The Sierra Nevada--The result of altering a mill-race--First discovery of gold in California--Booty scented by the public--Gold reaches San Francisco--Sudden rise in wages--Scenes in 'Frisco--Off to the diggings--The Mormons--The mining out6t--Scarcity of water--Disappointed hopes--" Placer " mining--Panning-out--The sluice--Racial feeling--Hardships and disease--Riotous extravagance--What the average miner got--Rough justice--Danger of wealth--Incredible selfishness--Trouble in San Francisco--The trans-continental journey--What Mark Twain saw--Rapid increase in California's population--The miner's restlessness--The sad results--Exhaustion of " placers"--Hydraulic mining--Gigantic " flumes"--How gold is washed out by the hydraulic jet--Devastating effect on the country. Parallel to the coast of Upper California, at a distance inland of about 200 miles, runs the Sierra Nevada, a continuous and lofty range marked by a line of dominant peaks, many of which are over 14,000 feet high. It has an average width of about eighty miles, and its western slopes are more gentle than the eastern, which abound in precipitous declines. From the mountains many streams hurry westwards to join a main river, called the Sacramento, flowing into the San Francisco Bay. On their way these tributaries cut through mighty deposits of gravel, which in the course of the ages have been detached from the heights and distributed along the valleys. From the latitude of San Francisco north to Oregon the strata of the range have received a liberal salting with gold at the hands of Nature; and the water has separated huge quantities of it from its bed, to strew it in the river courses and in gulches through which streams no longer flow. This huge au...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III THE ELDORADO OF THE GREAT WEST The Sierra Nevada--The result of altering a mill-race--First discovery of gold in California--Booty scented by the public--Gold reaches San Francisco--Sudden rise in wages--Scenes in 'Frisco--Off to the diggings--The Mormons--The mining out6t--Scarcity of water--Disappointed hopes--" Placer " mining--Panning-out--The sluice--Racial feeling--Hardships and disease--Riotous extravagance--What the average miner got--Rough justice--Danger of wealth--Incredible selfishness--Trouble in San Francisco--The trans-continental journey--What Mark Twain saw--Rapid increase in California's population--The miner's restlessness--The sad results--Exhaustion of " placers"--Hydraulic mining--Gigantic " flumes"--How gold is washed out by the hydraulic jet--Devastating effect on the country. Parallel to the coast of Upper California, at a distance inland of about 200 miles, runs the Sierra Nevada, a continuous and lofty range marked by a line of dominant peaks, many of which are over 14,000 feet high. It has an average width of about eighty miles, and its western slopes are more gentle than the eastern, which abound in precipitous declines. From the mountains many streams hurry westwards to join a main river, called the Sacramento, flowing into the San Francisco Bay. On their way these tributaries cut through mighty deposits of gravel, which in the course of the ages have been detached from the heights and distributed along the valleys. From the latitude of San Francisco north to Oregon the strata of the range have received a liberal salting with gold at the hands of Nature; and the water has separated huge quantities of it from its bed, to strew it in the river courses and in gulches through which streams no longer flow. This huge au...

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General Books LLC

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United States

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February 2012

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February 2012

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246 x 189 x 5mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

90

ISBN-13

978-1-150-73416-8

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9781150734168

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1-150-73416-7



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