The Gold Hunters
by John David Borthwick
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About this eBook
- Author
- Borthwick, John David, 1824-1892
- Title
- The gold hunters : A first-hand picture of life in California mining camps in the early fifties
- Original Publication
- NYC: Outing Publishing Company, 1917.
- Credits
- Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F850.5: United States local history: Pacific States
- Subject
- California -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 72919
- Release Date
- February 10, 2024
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE GOLD HUNTERS
- 2.INTRODUCTION
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.CHAPTER I ON TO THE GOLD FIELDS
- 5.CHAPTER II ACROSS THE ISTHMUS
- 6.CHAPTER III A CITY IN THE MAKING
- 7.CHAPTER IV LIFE AT HIGH SPEED
- 8.CHAPTER V OFF FOR THE MINES
- 9.CHAPTER VI LOOKING FOR GOLD
- 10.CHAPTER VII INDIANS AND CHINAMEN
- 11.CHAPTER VIII MINERS’ LAW
- 12.CHAPTER IX GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT
- 13.CHAPTER X URSUS HORRIBILIS
- 14.CHAPTER XI ON THE TRAIL
- 15.CHAPTER XII SITTERS FOR PORTRAITS
- 16.CHAPTER XIII ON THE WAY TO DOWNIEVILLE
- 17.CHAPTER XIV THE REASON FOR LYNCH LAW
- 18.CHAPTER XV GROWING OVER NIGHT
- 19.CHAPTER XVI A BAND OF WANDERERS
- 20.CHAPTER XVII CHINESE IN THE EARLY DAYS
- 21.CHAPTER XVIII DOWN WITH THE FLOOD
- 22.CHAPTER XIX A BULL AND BEAR FIGHT
- 23.CHAPTER XX A MOUNTAIN OF GOLD
- 24.CHAPTER XXI IN LIGHTER MOOD
- 25.CHAPTER XXII SONORA AND THE MEXICANS
- 26.CHAPTER XXIII BULL FIGHTING
- 27.CHAPTER XXIV A CITY BURNED
- 28.CHAPTER XXV THE DAY WE CELEBRATE
- 29.CHAPTER XXVI FRENCHMEN IN THE MINES
- 30.CHAPTER XXVII THE RESOURCEFUL AMERICANS
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