The Elephant as They Saw it.

Egenhoff, Elisabeth L., Compiler

Published by State of California Department of Narual Resources Division of Mines, San Francisco, CA, 1949

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"A collection of contemporary pictures and statements of gold mining in California." Centennial Supplement to the California Journal of Mines and Geology for October 1949. 4th printing, September 1971. Contents cover: Facts and fancies, 1500-1840; the Gold Rush of 1842; the discovery of gold at Sutter's mill and early days of the gold rush, Jan 24, 1848 to Aug 23, 1848; The mining of gold, 1849-1860; daguerreotypes and ambrotypes taken in the diggins. 128 p. Numerous b/w illustrations. Yellowing title page. Frontispiece color reproduction of painting by Charles Christian Nahl "Sunday morning in the mines." Text block tight and unmarked, save for a small library stamp on title page. Stapled and starting to separate from the stiff wrapper it is glued to. Gold covers with black sketch of elephant and black lettering. Corners bumped. Library barcode and spine label still affixed. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall.

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Title

The Elephant as They Saw it.

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State of California Department of Narual Resources Division of Mines, San Francisco, CA

Publication Date

1949

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Soft Cover

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Very Good

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No Jacket

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Ex-Library

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Adult non-fiction centers on history, natural history, travel, memoirs, poetry, philosophy, with a multi-cultural perspective, though a good portion are about the West where I have lived for 42 years. Adult fiction favors translations of foreign literature into English. Children's books include picture books, novels and non-fiction, mostly from the 1940s to the 1970s. Some titles in French, German and Dutch.

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