Three Years in California

by

Rev. Walter Colton USN

1851 - 495 Pages

This book is the account of the author who spent three years in California, just before the gold rush and then witnessed it's discovery and the excitement and influx of people, gold found mines opened etc. Written in 1851 this is one of the best accounts of California life at that time that you will find.

A Few Chapter of Contents from this book.

Chapter XVIII - First Discovery of Gold - Prison Guard - Incredulity about Gold - Santiago Getting Married - Another Lump of Gold - Effects of the Gold Fever - The Court of and Alcalde - Mosquitos as Constables - Bob and his Bag of Gold - Return of Citizens from the Mines - A Man with the Gold Cholic - The Mines on Individual Credits

Chapter XX - The Grave of a Gold Hunter - Mountain Spurs - A Company of Sonorians - A night Alarm - First View of the Mines - Character of the Deposits - A Woman and her pan - Removal to other mines - Wild Indians and their Weapons - Cost of Provisions - A Plunge into a Gold River - Machines used by the Gold Diggers.

33 Chapters in all and a great wealth of information on the life, discoveries the mines both Quartz and Placer

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