In 1866 William P. Blake, professor of mineralogy, geology and mining at the College of California, parent to the University of California, Berkeley, prepared a

"This is a very readable account of gold mining in California from the earliest days to the present and of its economic, social, cultural, and literary conseque

An environmental History of California during the Gold Rush Between 1849 and 1874 almost $1 billion in gold was mined in California. With little available capit