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California Mining Booklets CA - 1858-1880s - 2012aug - General Americana

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California Mining Booklets CA - 1858-1880s - 2012aug - General Americana
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Lot of 3. 1) H.W. Ford, compiler. A Collation of Words Common to the French and English Languages. Printed at Jackson, CA: Amador Dispatch print, 1883. 12 mo, 40 pages. Printed wraps. Used to present the most important words common to the French and English languages. It contains approximately 2,500 words with short definitions. It is estimated that 25-30 thousand French arrived in Calfiornia during the gold rush of the mid-nineteenth century and settled the surrounding areas, excerting their influence throughout the state, especially in northern California. Unevenly toned with repair to the spine. 2) C.A. Luckhardt, an important assayer and mining engineer. Report on the Jupiter Deep Blue Gravel Hydraulic Mining Co. No. 1, April, 1886. 8 vo. 7 pages. Printed wraps. Contains a full report on the mine, includng a description and improvements as well as the gross yield and yield per cubic yard for nine separate claims. Luckhardt visited the operation at the request of the company president, Dr. James D. Whitney, former California State Geologist. Late in 1884 California outlawed hydraulic mining because of the devastating effect on the environment. The Jupiter Deep Blue Gravel Hydraulic Mining Co. was one of the last companies to use the procedure. Very few examples of this report are known to exist. With the exception of a gnawed top right corner, the pamphlet is in very good condition. 3) John A. Stone. Put's Golden Songster--Containing the Largest and Mot Popular Collection of California Songs ever Published." San Francisco: D.E. Appleton & Co., 1858, 4" x 6." This early California Gold Rush publication was written for the 49er to "Relieve the tedium of a lonely cabin life." The author continues, "I have endeavored to portray, as graphically as possible, life in California at a time when the restraints of society had to some extent become released." It lists the lyrics to 29 songs. Of particular note is the section at the end titled Mining Localities Peculiar to California, in which are listed all the mining camps of the time. Printed cover contains a mining scene with miners, cabins, sluice box and river. Cover is detached but intact with some chippping. An important early California Gold Rush piece, one of several Put's songsters published in the 1850s-1860s. -60407