The Money Manias: The Eras of Great Speculation in America, 1770-1970Weybright and Talley, 1974 - 397 pages |
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Page 101
... miners headed west to California . Many of them paused to rest in the Carson Valley , south of Lake Tahoe , before ... miners rarely stayed , and headed instead for California . Others remained and farmed the land , making a good living ...
... miners headed west to California . Many of them paused to rest in the Carson Valley , south of Lake Tahoe , before ... miners rarely stayed , and headed instead for California . Others remained and farmed the land , making a good living ...
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... miners waited on the California side for spring . The passes opened in March 1860 , sig- naling the beginning of the greatest mining boom since the California Gold Rush . More prospectors came , along with others to be found in any ...
... miners waited on the California side for spring . The passes opened in March 1860 , sig- naling the beginning of the greatest mining boom since the California Gold Rush . More prospectors came , along with others to be found in any ...
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... miners , all of which returned good profits . Still larger profits and earnings were made by those who left San Fran- cisco and other parts of California and litigated the claims of rival bands of miners in the 1860s . As one miner put ...
... miners , all of which returned good profits . Still larger profits and earnings were made by those who left San Fran- cisco and other parts of California and litigated the claims of rival bands of miners in the 1860s . As one miner put ...
Contents
A Great National Project | 33 |
Speculation in Slaves | 69 |
The Comstock Lode | 99 |
Copyright | |
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