Gold, grit, guns : miners on BC's Fraser River in 1858 /
"This is a history of the 1858 Fraser River Gold Rush, with chapters on the methods using in mining for the gold, the costs of outfitting a miner, and the various ships and overland routes to the Fraser, along with the costs. It also includes extensive accounts from the diaries of four of the m...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Vancouver, B.C., Canada :
Ronsdale Press,
[2022]
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| Summary: | "This is a history of the 1858 Fraser River Gold Rush, with chapters on the methods using in mining for the gold, the costs of outfitting a miner, and the various ships and overland routes to the Fraser, along with the costs. It also includes extensive accounts from the diaries of four of the miners: George Beam; Otis Parsons; an anonymous Upper Canadian; and George Slocumb. These four diaries are the only known such first-hand accounts of mining on the Fraser, and they have never before been published. "-- |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 341 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 23 cm Issued also in electronic formats. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-326) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781553805847 1553805844 |