The Mother Lode Mining Region of California

ISBN-13: 9781499292572 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 178 str.

California State Mining Bureau; Kerby Jackson

Opis

Mining historian Kerby Jackson introduces us to a classic mining work in this important re-issue of The Mother Lode Region. Unavailable since 1900, this publication includes details on the gold mines of California's famous Mother Lode gold mining area. Included are details on the geology, history and important gold mines of the region, as well as insights into historic mining methods, mine timbering, mining machinery, mining bell signals and other details on how these mines operated. Also included are insights into the gold mines of the California Mother Lode that were in operation during the first sixty years of California's mining history. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As such, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.