Gold, grit, guns : mining on BC's Fraser River in 1858

Globe, Alexander, 1943- author.

Book 2020

"This is a history of the 1858 Fraser River Gold Rush, with chapters on the methods using in mining for the gold, the costs of outfitting a miner, and the various ships and overland routes to the Fraser, along with the costs. It also includes extensive accounts from the diaries of four of the miners: George Beam; Otis Parsons; an anonymous Upper Canadian; and George Slocumb. These four diaries are the only known such first-hand accounts of mining...

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