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• Gold mines and mining -- Juvenile fiction
• California -- Juvenile fiction

• Digging for Gold: or, Adventures in California, by R. M. Ballantyne (Gutenberg text)
• Joe's Luck: or, Always Wide Awake, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg text)
• Philosopher Jack: A Tale of the Southern Seas, by R. M. Ballantyne (Gutenberg text)
• The Queen of the Pirate Isle (c1885), by Bret Harte, illust. by Kate Greenaway (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Queen of the Pirate Isle (London: Chatto and Windus, n.d.), by Bret Harte, illust. by Kate Greenaway (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Queen of the Pirate Isle (Boston and New York : Houghton, Mifflin, and Co., 1887), by Bret Harte, illust. by Kate Greenaway (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boy's search for fortune (John C. Winston Co., 1882), by Horatio Alger (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Great bonanza : illustrated narrative of adventure and discovery in gold mining, silver mining, among the raftsmen, in the oil regions, whaling, hunting, fishing and fighting (Lee & Shepard, 1876), by H. L. Stephens, William Ludwell Sheppard, Frank T. Merrill, Lizbeth Bullock Humphrey, Yigilan, William Luson Thomas, Rogers, E. Potts, Kinnersley, Samuel Smith Kilburn, Johnson, W. How, George T. Andrew, John Andrew, P. G., M., F. M. W., George M. Towle, Frank H. Taylor, Old Salt, Charles A. Hoyt, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Charles Winslow Hall, Edward Dusseault, W. P. Duncan, Justin Dale, Mary Granger Chase, Samuel Burnham, C. E. Bishop, George M. Baker, J. H. W., R. M. Ballantyne, Oliver Optic, Mass.) University Press (Cambridge, Bigelow & Co Welch, Shepard & Dillingham Lee, and Lee and Shepard (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Early Recollections of the Mines, and A Description of the Great Tulare Valley, by James H. Carson (PDF and XML at loc.gov)
• California Sketches, With Recollections of the Gold Mines, by Leonard Kip (HTML at LOC)
• The Natural Wealth of California, by Titus Fey Cronise (page images at MOA)
• A Practical Treatise on Hydraulic Mining in California (New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1885), by Aug. J. Bowie (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Sketches of Travels in South America, Mexico and California, by L. M. Schaeffer (HTML at LOC)
• Synopsis of a Report on Mining in California and Nevada, U.S.A. (1879), by G. Thureau (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Autobiography of Charles Peters, by Charles Peters (illustrated HTML at LOC)
• A practical treatise on hydraulic mining in California. (D. Van Nostrand, 1885), by Augustus Jesse Bowie (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Tertiary gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California (Govt. Print. Off., 1911), by Waldemar Lindgren and Frank Hall Knowlton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The pioneer miner and the pack mule express (California historical society, 1931), by Ernest A. Wiltsee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of travels from St. Josephs to Oregon : with observations of that country, together with some description of California, its agricultural interests, and a full description of its gold mines (Biobooks, 1955), by Riley Root (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gold vs. grain, the hydraulic mining controversy in California's Sacramento Valley (A. H. Clark Co., 1959), by Robert Lloyd Kelley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The gold-silver veins of Ophir, California (Gov't print. off., 1895), by Waldemar Lindgren (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mining statistics. No. 1. Tabular statement of the condition of the auriferous quartz mines and mills in that part of Mariposa and Tuolumne counties lying between the Merced and Stanilaus rivers, August-September 1865 (Sherman & Co.] Published by the auhtority of the Legislature of California, 1866), by Geological Survey of California and Auguste Rémond (page images at HathiTrust)
• The autobiography of Theodore Edgar Potter. (Rumford press, 1913), by Theodore Edgar Potter and George C. Sprague (page images at HathiTrust)
• California gold (Harvard Univ, Press, 1947), by Rodman W. Paul (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Argonauts of California, being the reminiscences of scenes and incidents that occurred in California in early mining days (Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1890), by Charles Warren Haskins (page images at HathiTrust)
• California ghost towns live again. (College of the Pacific, 1948), by Rockwell Dennis Hunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hydraulic mining in California. (Printed for the author, 1878), by Augustus Jesse Bowie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Synopsis of a report on mining in California and Nevada, U.S.A. (J. Ferres, government printer, 1879), by G. Thureau (page images at HathiTrust)
• De la découverte des mines d'or en Australie et en Californie; ou, Recherches sur les lois qui règlent la valeur et la distribution des métaux précieux, accompagnées de notes historiques sur les effets de l'exploitation des mines américaines, à l'égard des prix en Europe, aux XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, etc. (Librairie de Guillaumin et cie, 1853), by Patrick James Stirling (page images at HathiTrust)
• Round the world for gold : a search for minerals from Kansas to Cathay (S. Low, Marston & company, ltd., 1912), by Herbert W. L. Way (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gold dredging in California. (W. W. Shannon, Superintendent State Print., 1905), by J. E. Doolittle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lincoln's crisis in the far West. (Priv. print., 1949), by Samuel C. Wiel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California : to which is added a description of the physical geography of California : with recent notices of the gold region from the latest and most authentic sources (Derby, Orton & Mulligan ;, 1853), by John Charles Frémont (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gold resources in the Tertiary gravels of California (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1968), by Roland W. Merwin and United States. Bureau of Mines. Heavy Metals Program (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mother lode; the story of California's gold rush (Harr Wagner publishing company, 1934), by Louis J. Stellman (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of California, from its discovery to the present time. (J. P. Jewett & company;, 1854), by E. S. Capron (page images at HathiTrust)
• Underground treasures: how and where to find them. a key for the ready determination of all the useful minerals within the United States. (H. C. Baird & co., 1881), by James Orton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notice sur l'exploitation hydraulique de l'or en Californie (Dunod, 1876), by Ed. Sauvage (page images at HathiTrust)
• A practical treatise on hydraulic mining in California. With description of the use and construction of ditches, flumes, wrought-iron pipes, and dams, flow of water on heavy grades, and its applicability, under high pressure, to mining (Van Nostrand, 1900), by Aug. J. Bowie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on the quartz mines of the Grass Valley district (Printed at the Daily Gazette Book and Job Office, 1867), by Benjamin Silliman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The auriferous gravels of California (s.n., 1889), by John Hays Hammond and California. Division of Mines (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prospectus of the Eureka Lake and Yuba Canal Company Consolidated, with reports of Prof. B. Silliman ... and George Black ... (W.C. Bryant & Co., 1866) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The gold-seeker's manual (John Van Voorst, 1849), by D. T. Ansted (page images at HathiTrust)
• Australia and its gold fields : A historical sketch of the progress of the Australian colonies, from the earliest times to the present day; with a particular account of the recent gold discoveries, and observations on the present aspect of the land question. (H. Ingram and Co., Milford House, Strand, 1855), by Edward Hammond Hargraves (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prospectus of the Golden Hydraulic Company. (M. B. Brown, printer and stationer, 1887), by Golden Hydraulic Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methane in California gold mines (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1921), by Byron O. Pickard, E. D. Gardner, and United States Bureau of Mines (page images at HathiTrust)
• The exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California, to which is added a description of the physical geography of California, with recent notices of the gold region from the latest and most authentic sources (G.H. Derby, 1850), by John Charles Frémont (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essai sur les conséquences éventuelles de la découverte des gîtes aurifères en Californie et en Australie (J. Renouard et cie, 1853), by Ludwik Tęgoborski (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Rocky-Bar Mining Company : an episode of early western promotion and finance ([s.n.], 1934), by Carl I. Wheat, Zamorano Club, and Roxburghe Club of San Francisco (page images at HathiTrust)
• The elephant as they saw it; a collection of contemporary pictures and statements on gold mining in California (San Francisco, 1949), by California. Division of Mines and Geology and Elisabeth L. Egenhoff (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life by land and sea (William Rider & Son, 1913), by Prentice Mulford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Autobiography of George Meyer : Oregon, Missouri, across the plains with an ox team in 1849 : his success in the gold fields of California (The Open Door, 1908), by George Meyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geologic guidebook along Highway 49, Sierran gold belt : the Mother Lode country (State of California Dept. of Natural Resources, Dept. of Mines, 1948), by California. Division of Mines and Geology (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pacific Coast annual mining review and stock ledger : containing detailed official reports of the principal gold and silver mines of Nevada, California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Idaho : a history and description of mining and stock dealing on this coast with biographical sketches of 100 of the principal men engaged therein; and a series of finance articles by Henry S. Fitch (Francis & Valentine, 1878), by Henry S Fitch and Francis & Valentine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Following the pot of gold at the rainbow's end in the days of 1850 (E. Quinn, 1960), by Susan Thompson Lewis Parrish, Leonore Rowland, and Virginia V Root (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mother Lode gold mining stories (Sacramento State College :, 1950), by C. M. Goethe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Travels in search of new trade products (Jarrold & Sons, 1893), by Arthur Robottom (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prosperity to you! : an investment and sure income and no possibility of a loss (the Company, [1903?], 1903), by Numitor Gold Mining Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Practical treatise on hydraulic mining in California (D. Van Nostrand Co., 1895), by Aug. J. Bowie (page images at HathiTrust)
• A pastoral prince; the history and reminiscences of J. W. Cooper. (Santa Barbara, Cal., 1893), by Frank Sands (page images at HathiTrust)
• Safety practices in California gold dredging (U.S. G.P.O., 1932), by S. H. Ash (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of gold and silver (Belknap and Hamersley, 1849), by J. L. Comstock, Richard H. Hobbs, Tiffany & Co Case, and Belknap & Hamersley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some observations on the recent supplies of gold, with remarks on Mr. Scheer's letter to Sir F. Baring. (London, 1852), by Andrew Johnson and Frederick Scheer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Neuholland, Neuseeland und Californien. (E. Baensch, 1853), by F. L. M. and W. Schulze (page images at HathiTrust)
• The exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California (Derby, 1852), by John Charles Frémont (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations on the extent of the gold region of California and Oregon : with notices of mineral localities in California, and of some remarkable specimens of crystalline gold (s.n., 1855), by William P. Blake (page images at HathiTrust)
• The exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California (Derby and Miller;, 1854), by John Charles Frémont (page images at HathiTrust)
• Californien, dets nutid og fremtid (C. Steen & Sons, 1850), by J. Hoppe, J. C. Schythe, and Adolph Erman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Sierra Nevada Lake Water Company's canal. Incorporated by charter under the general act of incorporation of the State of California, by which all liability of shareholders is expressly limited to the amount of their shares. Capital £400,000--in 20,000 shares of £20 each. (Printed by Blades, East, & Blades, 1854), by Sierra Nevada Lake Water and Mining Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of California, from its discovery to the present time; comprising also a full description of its climate, surface, soil, rivers, towns, beasts, birds, fishes, state of its society, agriculture, commerce, mines, mining, &c., with a journal of the voyage from New York, via Nicaragua, to San Francisco, and back, via Panama (J. P. Jewett, 1854), by E. S. Capron (page images at HathiTrust)
• A practical treatise on hydraulic mining in California : With description of the use and construction of ditches, flumes, wrought-iron pipes and dams ... By Aug. J. Bowie, Jr. ... (D. Van Nostrand Co., 1891), by Augustus Jesse Bowie (page images at HathiTrust)
• A practical treatise on hydraulic mining in California : with description of the use and construction of ditches, flumes, wrought-iron pipes, and dams : flow of water on heavy grades, and its applicability, under high pressure, to mining (Van Nostrand, 1905), by Aug. J. Bowie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Twelve years in the mines of California; embracing a general view of the gold region, with practical observations on hill, placer, and quartz diggings; and notes on the origin of gold deposits. (Miles & Dilligham, 1862), by Lawson B. Patterson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gold districts of California (California Division of Mines and Geology, 1970), by William B. Clark and California Geological Survey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mother Lode country (Depart. of Natural Resources, Division of Mines, 1948), by Olaf Pitt Jenkins and California. Division of Mines and Geology (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gold dredging in California (W.W. Shannon, superintendent State printing, 1910), by California State Mining Bureau, William Bruce Winston, Charles Janin, and Lewis E. Aubury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gold placers of California (California state printing off., 1923), by Charles Scott Haley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Auriferous black sands of California. (San Francisco, 1907), by J. A. Edman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mother Lode gold belt of California (Division of Mines, 1935), by C. A. Logan and California. Division of Mines (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pumping and hoisting works for gold and silver mines. (A.L. Bancroft & Company, Printers and Lithographers, 1877), by Joseph Moore, A.L. Bancroft & Company, and San Francisco Risdon Iron and Locomotive Works (page images at HathiTrust)
• Map and register of mines and minerals of Inyo County, California (s.n., 1904), by California State Mining Bureau and Lewis E. Aubury (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Miners' own book, containing correct illustrations and descriptions of the various modes of California mining. (Book Club of California, 1949), by Rodman W. Paul, Calif.) Greenwood Press (San Francisco, and Book Club of California (page images at HathiTrust)
• A practical treatise on hydraulic mining in California. With description of the use and construction of ditches, flumes, wrought iron pipes, and dams. (D. Van Nostrand, 1910), by Aug. J. Bowie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations on the extent of the gold region of California and Oregon with notices of mineral localities in California, and of some remarkable specimens of crystalline gold (s.n., 1855), by William P. Blake (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life, adventures, and travels in California to which are added the conquest of California, travels in Oregon, and history of the gold regions (Nafis & Cornish, 1850), by Thomas Jefferson Farnham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ramblings in California containing a description of the country, life at the mines, state of society, etc. interspersed with characteristic anecdotes and sketches from life, being the five years' experience of a gold digger (J. Bain, 1860), by Pringle Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gold mines and mining in California, a new gold era dawning on the state, progress and improvements made in the business ... (G. Spaulding & Co., 1885) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A practical treatise on hydraulic mining in California. With description of the use and construction of ditches, flumes, wrought-iron pipes, and dams; flow of water on heavy grades, and its applicability, under high pressure, to mining. (D. Van Nostrand, 1898), by Augustus Jesse Bowie (page images at HathiTrust)
• The exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California : to which is added a description of the physical geography of California, with recent notices of the gold region from the latest and most authentic sources (Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855), by John Charles Fre mont (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Gold regions of California : being a succinct description of the geography, history, topography, and general features of California : including ... the gold regions of that fortunate country (Dewitt & Davenport, 1848), by George G. Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
• The cement hunters ; lost gold mine of the High Sierra. (G. Dawson, 1960), by James W. A. Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• Milling methods and costs at the Argonaut Mill, Jackson, Calif. (Washington, D.C. : United States, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines, 1931., 1931), by Selim E. Woodworth and United States Bureau of Mines (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Rocky-Bar Mining Company : an episode of early western promotion and finance ([publisher not identified], 1934), by Carl I. Wheat (page images at HathiTrust)
• The southern mines of California : early development of the Sonora mining region (The Grabhorn Press, 1930), by Roberta Evelyn Holmes and Grabhorn Press (page images at HathiTrust)
• In the diggings in 'Forty-nine. (California State Historical Assn., 1948), by Owen Cochran Coy and California State Historical Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Register of mines and minerals, Tuolumne County, California. ([Sacramento, 1903), by California State Mining Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Register of mines and minerals, Kern County, California. ([Sacramento, 1904), by California State Mining Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mormon way-bill to the gold mines ... (Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1968), by Joseph Cain and Arieh C Brower (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Gold regions of California : being a succinct description of the geography, history, topography, and general features of California : including ... the gold regions of that fortunate country (Dewitt & Davenport, 1848), by George G. Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Du gîsement et de l'exploitation de l'or en Californie (Dunod, 1863), by P Laur (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hittel on gold mines and mining. (Printed by G. & G.E. Desbarats, 1864), by John S. Hittell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instructions for collecting, testing, melting and assaying gold, with a description of the process for distinguishing native gold ... (Van Norden & Amerman, Printers, 1848), by Edward N. Kent (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lost mines and buried treasures of California: fact, folklore and fantasy concerning 110 sites of hidden wealth, succinctly and accurately described, with a map for the guidance of treasure seekers (Berkeley, Ca., 1962), by Richard A. Pierce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Travels from St. Josephs to Oregon (Gazetteer and Intelligencer Prints, 1850), by Riley Root (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gold placers of California (California state printing off, 1923), by Charles Scott Haley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life of Pilsbury Hodgkins, better known throughout California as "Chips." (University of California, Library Photographic Service, 1909), by Pilsbury Hodgkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• The exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California (Derby, 1851), by John Charles Frémont (page images at HathiTrust)
• California in 1850, compared with what it was in 1849, with a glimpse at its future destiny. Also a concise description of the overland route, from the Missouri River, by the South Pass, to Sacramento city, including a table of distances, from point to point. With notes on the facilities along the route for constructing a railroad. And also a brief notice of the water route, by the Isthmts [!] of Panama. (R. E. Edwards & co., 1851), by Franklin Street (page images at HathiTrust)
• Two years' adventures of a Dane in the Californian gold mines. (Translated and printed for the author by John Bellows, 1865), by Peter Justesen and John Bellows (page images at HathiTrust)
• Golden Dreams and Leaden Realities, by George Payson (Gutenberg ebook)

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