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HYDRAULIC GOLD-MINING IN CALIFORNIA, 1883.HYDRAULIC GOLD-MINING IN CALIFORNIA, 1883.

by Taliesin Evans.

By the 1870s and 1880s in the California gold country, the gold that had been easy to pick up already had been. But there was lots more, buried in the earth. A massive plumbing system was built to harness water as a tool to wash the earth away and leave a residue of heavy metals, especially gold. Meanwhile, though, mud and gravel released in the process washed downstream to inundate farms and homes. Dwellers there objected, and in court they effectively stopped the hydraulic mining--one of the earliest environmental court actions. But when our author was there, his interest was describing a vital western industry. And the mines can still be seen--Interstate Highway 80 runs right through one at Gold Run, and another is the Malakoff Diggings State Historical Park, where you can not only see the washed banks but also some of the nozzles and mining equipment used to get the gold out. Reprinted from 1883. Illustrations are from the original article and other period sources. 16 pages.

Inventory = in stock in quantity.  ISBN-10: 0-89646-052-5. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-052-2.1 1982. Order #: VIST0052 paper $4.95.

 

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