Description: LETTERS YOUNG MINER 1849-52 JASPER S HILL CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH DOYCE B NUNIS LTD Title: The Letters of a Young Miner Subtitle: Covering the Adventures of Jasper S. Hill During the California Gold Rush 1849-1852 Author/Editor: Jasper Smith Hill Editor Introduction and Notes: Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. Year: 1964 Edition: 1st Publisher: John Howell Books, San Francisco, CA Contents: Overland to California Burlington, Iowa to Placerville, CA Letters From the Mines Appendices: John P. Grantham Letter to Enoch S. Hill Census of the Mt. Pleasant Mining Company Illustrated: B&W illustrations Frontispiece: Author Fold-out Map of Northern California (tipped in rear cover) Pages: 111 Binding: Hardbound - Gold boards with red title and black trim Mylar protector: Yes Size: 7¾ x 10½" Summary: Hill's letters recount the Mt. Pleasant Mining Company moving across country to California in 1849, and life in the mining camps. He describes economic information, labor conditions, commodity prices, early exhaustion of the placer mines, and transition to quartz mining. After three years, he returned to Iowa without wealth and died in 1858 in New Jersey (possibly from TB). Condition Description: Fine - Crisp Like New - Unread - Slight fold line at upper corner of map. (Camera shadow on map image) CC ID# SL: BOCA 14407 Please see our other Books and many collectibles! You may be interested in our other eBay listings. Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution
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Author: Jasper S. Hill, Editor: Doyce B. Nunis, Jr.
Book Title: The Letters of a Young Miner
Language: English
Topic: Autobiography, Genealogy, Historical, Local History, Mining, US: State & Local, Western Americana, Gold Rush
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: John Howell Books
Genre: Adventure, Biographies & True Stories, Historical, Mining
Publication Year: 1964
Features: Illustrated, Map
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Edition: First Edition
Intended Audience: Adults
Number of Pages: 111
Subject: Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Geography & Exploration
State: California
Book Condition: Fine
Mylar DJ: Yes
