Quicksilver Mining in Sonoma County: Pine Flat Prospect Fever - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joe PelanconiTheme:Cultural Region/Western U.S.Publish date:3/25/2014Pages:146
Languages:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540223449ISBN-10:1540223442UPC:9781540223449Book Category:History, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:United States, MiningBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.368Product ID:SCQ1Q38CF6
In the 1870s, a quicksilver mining boom took hold of Sonoma County, California. Claims were staked, and a rowdy camp took shape in Pine Flat as farmers traded plows for picks and miners answered the siren call of cinnabar. In this compelling account, historian Joe Pelanconi relates the development of the twenty-mile Cinnabar Mining District. Pelanconi shares intriguing stories like those of the Donner Party survivor, Chinese laborers who worked the mines in danger of mercury poisoning and the two brothers who were leading citizens of the district and purported victims of murder. Delve into Sonoma County's heritage and a lost era when eccentrics and dreamers sought shining flasks of riches in the Mayacamas Mountains above today's wine country.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540223449ISBN-10:1540223442UPC:9781540223449Book Category:History, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:United States, MiningBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.368Product ID:SCQ1Q38CF6
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