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Calaveras Gold The Impact of Mining on a Mother Lode County  .    .  . University of Nevada Press Reno & Las Vegas [18.189.180.76] Project MUSE (2024-04-19 05:29 GMT) Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in History and Humanities Series Editor: Jerome E. Edwards University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada   Copyright ©  by University of Nevada Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Design by Carrie House Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Limbaugh, Ronald H. Calaveras gold : the impact of mining on a mother lode county / Ronald H. Limbaugh, Willard P. Fuller, Jr. p. cm.— (Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities) Includes bibliographical references.  --- (hardcover : alk. paper) . Gold mines and mining—California—Calaveras County— History—th century. I. Fuller, Willard P., – II. Title. III. Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities (Unnumbered) .   .''—dc  The paper used in this book meets the requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences— Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials,  .-. Binding materials were selected for strength and durability.                   List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction  : The Early Placer Era  : The Beginnings of Lode Mining, –  : Mining Society in the Early Years  : Ancillary Industries  : Preparing for Modern Mining  : Lode Mining in the Golden Years  : The Unstable Twenties and Thirties  : A Half Century of Change  Appendix  Notes  Glossary  Suggested Reading  Index  ...

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