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The Early History of the Fraser River Mines (Archives of British Columbia memoir #6; Victoria, BC: Printed by C. F. Banfield, 1926), by F. W. Howay (page images at HathiTrust)
The Cariboo Trail: A Chronicle of the Gold-Fields of British Columbia (Toronto: Glasgow, Brook and Co., 1916), by Agnes C. Laut (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Handbook to the New Gold Fields: A Full Account of the Richness and Extent of the Fraser and Thompson River Gold Mines (1858), by R. M. Ballantyne
- multiple formats at archive.org
- Gutenberg text
Overland to Cariboo: an Eventful Journey of Canadian Pioneers to the Gold-fields of British Columbia in 1862 (Montreal; Toronto: W. Briggs; S.W. Coates, 1896), by Margaret McNaughton (multiple formats at archive.org)
The Mystic Spring, and Other Tales of Western Life (Toronto: W. Briggs, 1904), by David Williams Higgins (page images at HathiTrust)
Preliminary report on the Rossland, B.C., mining district. (Government printing bureau, 1906), by Geological Survey of Canada and R. W. Brock (page images at HathiTrust)
Nova Scotia gold fields. (Halifax? N.S., 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
Hand-book and map to the gold region of Frazer's and Thompson's rivers, with table of distances. (Published by J.J. Le Count, 1858), by Alexander Caulfield Anderson and Josiah J. LeCount (page images at HathiTrust)
British Columbia : Papers relative to the affairs of British Columbia .. .Copies of despatches from the secretary of state for the colonies to the governor of British Columbia, and from the governor to the secretary of state. (Printed by G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1859), by Great Britain Colonial Office, James Douglas, Henry Pelham Newcastle, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, and British Columbia. Governor (1858-1864 : Douglas) (page images at HathiTrust)
The Cariboo trail : a chronicle of the gold-fields of British Columbia (Glasgow, Brook & Company, 1916), by Agnes C. Laut (page images at HathiTrust)
The mineral wealth of British Columbia, with an annotated list of localities of minerals of economic value (Dawson Brothers, 1889), by George Mercer Dawson (page images at HathiTrust)
Two lectures on British Columbia (Higgins & Long, 1868), by Legh Harnett (page images at HathiTrust)
Overland to Cariboo; an eventful journey of Canadian pioneers to the gold-fields of British Columbia in 1862. (W. Briggs; [etc., etc.], 1896), by Margaret McNaughton (page images at HathiTrust)
Gold in Kootenay, Boundary Country and Cariboo reached by the Canadian Pacific Railway. (s.n.], 1900), by Canadian Pacific Railway Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Klondike a manual for goldseekers (R. Fenno, 1897), by Charles A. Bramble (page images at HathiTrust)
The gold mines of the world containing concise and practical advice for investors gathered from a personal inspection of the mines of the Transvaal, India, West Australia, Queensland, New Zealand, British Columbia and Australia (Waterlow, 1899), by J. H. Curle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Gold, silver (A.W. Ross & Co., 1896), by A.W. Ross & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
British Columbia and its gold (s.n., 1898), by W. H. S. Aubrey (page images at HathiTrust)
Prospectus, proposed act of incorporation, report of manager, memorandum and articles of association of the British Columbia Milling and Mining Company (Limited) registered office, Victoria, British Columbia, incorporated January, 1878. (Colonist Steam Presses, 1878), by British Columbia Milling and Mining Company (page images at HathiTrust)
The Eldorado of British Columbia (s.n., 1898), by W. H. S. Aubrey (page images at HathiTrust)
"Gold", its properties, modes of extraction, value, &c., &c. (s.n.], 1871), by F. G. Claudet (page images at HathiTrust)
Island Mountain Mine, Cariboo district, B.C. reports of Wm. Craib and Geo. A. Koch on the property.- ([s.n.], 1886), by William Craib and George A. Koch (page images at HathiTrust)
The mineral wealth of British Columbia with an annotated list of localities of minerals of economic value (Dawson, 1889), by George M. Dawson and Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada (page images at HathiTrust)
Mineral wealth of British Columbia (s.n., 1893), by George M. Dawson (page images at HathiTrust)
The new bonanzaland with a brief dissertation on booms (Issued by the Passenger Department of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co., 1897), by P. Donan (page images at HathiTrust)
Gold fields of British Columbia and the state of Washington Trail Creek district, B.C., and Colville Indian Reservation, Wash., the centre of great mineral wealth : the Royal Gold Mining Company's properties described. (s.n., 1897) (page images at HathiTrust)
Description of property and expert's report of the Hattie Brown Gold Mining Com'y. (s.n., 1897), by Hattie Brown Gold Mining Company (page images at HathiTrust)
The Klondike-Peace gold fields ([s.n.], 1898), by George B. Bradley (page images at HathiTrust)
The mining laws of British Columbia contrasted with those of other countries (s.n.], 1873), by Charles C. Lane (page images at HathiTrust)
Overland to Klondike through Cariboo, Ominica [i.e. Omineca], Cassiar, and Lake Teslin the poor man's route. (British Columbia Mining Journal?], 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
Prospectus of the Aberdeen Claims, Caribou district, B.C. junction of Slough Creek and Willow River. (s.n., 1895) (page images at HathiTrust)
Report on a part of Royal Gold Mining Co's property (s.n., 1897), by Royal Gold Mining Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Prospectors' manual being a full and complete history and description of the newly discovered gold mines on Granite Creek, the canyon of the Tulameen River and other new mineral discoveries in the Similkameen country : with full instructions as how to get there and what to do on arriving there : also, its many advantages as an agricultural, stock raising and lumbering country : designed for the use of emigrants, tourists, sportsmen and gold seekers, with maps (s.n.], 1886), by P. L. Trout (page images at HathiTrust)
The British Columbia almanac specially compiled for this province with other general information. (Colonist Print. & Pub. Co., 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
The Handbook of British Columbia, and emigrant's guide to the gold fields with map and two illustrations, from photographs by M. Claudet. (W. Oliver, 1862) (page images at HathiTrust)
Britisch-Columbia und Vancouver-Insel gegenwärtige Zustände und Entwicklungsfähigkeit der neuen Englischen Kolonie am Grossen Ocean. (s.n., 1858), by A. Petermann (page images at HathiTrust)
Report from a select committee of the House of Representatives, on the overland emigration route from Minnesota to British Oregon with an appendix. (s.n.], 1858), by J. R. Wakefield and United States House of Representatives (page images at HathiTrust)
Our North-Pacific colonies (L. Scott Pub., 1866) (page images at HathiTrust)
Report on the Cariboo quartz ledges (R. Wolfenden, 1886), by George A. Koch (page images at HathiTrust)
Guide and history of Salmon River and Cariboo mining districts. (A. Rosenfield, 1862), by Jo Lindley and T. R. Olney (page images at HathiTrust)
Papers relative to the affairs of British Columbia Part I. : copies of despatches from the secretary of state for the colonies to the governor of British Columbia, and from the governor to the secretary of state relative to the government of the colony; also, copies of the act of Parliament to provide for the government of British Columbia; governor's commission and instructions; order in council to provide for the administration of justice; and instrument revoking so much of the crown grant of 30th May 1838 to the Hudson's Bay Company for exclusive trading with the Indians as relates to the territories comprised within the colony of British Columbia : presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, 18 February 1859. (G.E. Eyre :, 1859), by Edward George Earle Lytton-Bulwer Lytton, James Douglas, Great Britain Colonial Office, and British Columbia. Governor (1858-1864 : Douglas) (page images at HathiTrust)
Papers relative to the affairs of British Columbia Part II. : copies of despatches from the governor of British Columbia to the secretary of state for the colonies and from the secretary of state to the governor, relative to the government of the colony : presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, 12th August 1859. (G.E. Eyre :, 1859), by Edward George Earle Lytton-Bulwer Lytton, Great Britain Colonial Office, and British Columbia. Governor (1858-1864 : Douglas) (page images at HathiTrust)
Further papers relative to the affairs of British Columbia Part III. : copies of despatches from the governor of British Columbia to the secretary of state for the colonies and from the secretary of state to the governor, relative to the government of the colony : presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, 1860. (G.E. Eyre :, 1860), by Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham Clinton Newcastle, Edward George Earle Lytton-Bulwer Lytton, James Douglas, Great Britain Colonial Office, and British Columbia. Governor (1858-1864 : Douglas) (page images at HathiTrust)
Further papers relative to the affairs of British Columbia Part IV. : copies of despatches from the governor of British Columbia to the secretary of state for the colonies and from the secretary of state to the governor : presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, March 1862. (G.E. Eyre :, 1862), by James Douglas, Great Britain Colonial Office, and British Columbia. Governor (1858-1864 : Douglas) (page images at HathiTrust)
The new El Dorado, or, British Columbia (T.C. Newby, 1858), by Kinahan Cornwallis (page images at HathiTrust)
The great gold fields of Cariboo with an authentic description, brought down to the latest period, of British Columbia and Vancouver Island (Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1862), by William Carew Hazlitt (page images at HathiTrust)
History of four months (s.n.], 1858), by Alfred Waddington (page images at HathiTrust)
The story of river gold and its recovery the demand for gold -origin of river gold -British Columbia's wealth in river gold -the world's gold production -methods employed in recovering gold -reminiscences of the gold fields (Business Development Co., 1917), by Edmund Bagley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The Cariboo trail a chronicle of the gold-fields of British Columbia (Glasgow, Brook, 1916), by Agnes C. Laut (page images at HathiTrust)
Prospectus (s.n., 1911), by Limited Surf Inlet Gold Mines (page images at HathiTrust)
Prospectus (Colonist Print. and Pub. Co., 1901), by Mounts Sicker and Brenton Mines (page images at HathiTrust)
The Queen Victoria Gold Mining Company limited liability, Rossland, B.C. ... mine Sullivan Creek, Trail Creek Mining Division, District of West Kootenay. (s.n., 1896), by Queen Victoria Gold Mining Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Prospectus (s.n., 1897), by Bridge River and Lillooet Gold Mining Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Prospectus of the R. E. Lee Gold Mining Co., Limited mines and offices, Rossland, British Columbia. (s.n.], 1896), by R. E. Lee Gold Mining Co (page images at HathiTrust)
Memorandum and articles of association (s.n., 1899), by Little Bertha Gold Mining Company (page images at HathiTrust)
The Cariboo trail : a chronicle of the gold-fields of British Columbia (Glasgow, Brook, and Co., 1921), by Agnes C. Laut (page images at HathiTrust)
The days of old and days of gold in British Columbia; a few reminiscences of the early gold mining days. (Printed by William H. Cullin, 1912), by Kamloops (B.C.). Centenary Celebration (page images at HathiTrust)
Notes on placer-mining in British Columbia (Dept. of Mines and Petroleum Resources, British Columbia, 1936), by Mines and Petroleum Resources British Columbia. Ministry of Energy (page images at HathiTrust)
Lode-gold deposits of British Columbia (Printed by C.F. Banfield, 1932), by John Davidson Galloway (page images at HathiTrust)

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