Bonanza West: The Story of the Western Mining Rushes 1848-1900

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho PressGold fever swept through young America with electrifying swiftness, and seemingly content citizens abandoned their settled lives to travel to the gold fields in the hope of striking it rich. This is the classic work on the gold discoveries at Sutter's Mill, the Comstock Lode, the Klondike and other western gold rushes.