Description: The Elephant As They Saw It California Gold Rush Pictures & Statements First Publication and Printing was October, 1949....this book is a Fourth Printing, September 1971 (3,000 Copies printed) "A collection of contemporary pictures and statements of gold mining in California." Centennial Supplement to the California Journal of Mines and Geology for October 1949. 4th printing, September 1971. Contents cover: Facts and fancies, 1500-1840; the Gold Rush of 1842; the discovery of gold at Sutter's mill and early days of the gold rush, Jan 24, 1848 to Aug 23, 1848; The mining of gold, 1849-1860; daguerreotypes and ambrotypes taken in the diggins. 128 p. Numerous b/w illustrations. Frontispiece color reproduction of painting by Charles Christian Nahl "Sunday morning in the mines." Stiff plastic gold covers with black sketch of elephant and black lettering. Book measures 9 in x 6 in ***SHIPS VIA USPS MEDIA MAIL***
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Location: Chico, California
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Year Printed: 1971
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Gold Rush
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Region: North America
Author: Elisabeth L. Egenhoff
Subject: Mining Gold
Language: English
Publisher: Egenhoff
Place of Publication: San Francisco
Special Attributes: Illustrated
