The gold hunters
- Subtitle
- A first-hand picture of life in California mining camps in the early fifties
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1. Front matter2. THE GOLD HUNTERS3. INTRODUCTION4. CHAPTER I ON TO THE GOLD FIELDS5. CHAPTER II ACROSS THE ISTHMUS6. CHAPTER III A CITY IN THE MAKING7. CHAPTER IV LIFE AT HIGH SPEED8. CHAPTER V OFF FOR THE MINES9. CHAPTER VI LOOKING FOR GOLD10. CHAPTER VII INDIANS AND CHINAMEN11. CHAPTER VIII MINERS’ LAW12. CHAPTER IX GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT13. CHAPTER X URSUS HORRIBILIS14. CHAPTER XI ON THE TRAIL15. CHAPTER XII SITTERS FOR PORTRAITS16. CHAPTER XIII ON THE WAY TO DOWNIEVILLE17. CHAPTER XIV THE REASON FOR LYNCH LAW18. CHAPTER XV GROWING OVER NIGHT19. CHAPTER XVI A BAND OF WANDERERS20. CHAPTER XVII CHINESE IN THE EARLY DAYS21. CHAPTER XVIII DOWN WITH THE FLOOD22. CHAPTER XIX A BULL AND BEAR FIGHT23. CHAPTER XX A MOUNTAIN OF GOLD24. CHAPTER XXI IN LIGHTER MOOD25. CHAPTER XXII SONORA AND THE MEXICANS26. CHAPTER XXIII BULL FIGHTING27. CHAPTER XXIV A CITY BURNED28. CHAPTER XXV THE DAY WE CELEBRATE29. CHAPTER XXVI FRENCHMEN IN THE MINES30. CHAPTER XXVII THE RESOURCEFUL AMERICANS