History of Amador County, California

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Excerpt from History of Amador County, California: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers The chapters on geology and mining, ' will, it is hoped, furnish interesting and profitable reading to all, especially those engaged in mining. The facts and theories are the result of years of Observation, and many miles of travel, and are not retailed at second hand from W'hitney or other scientists. The Observations on mining have been compiled from the statements, Opinions and experiences, of hun dreds of intelligent miners. Thanks are due to all the superintendents, especially to those of the Ama dor Consolidated, the Keystone, the Oneida, the Empire, the Downs and the Zeile mines for valuable information on gold mining, and to Edward Johnson of the Newton mine, for statistics and methods of copper mining. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.