Hunting for gold: reminiscences of personal experience and research in the early days of the Pacific

Hunting for gold: reminiscences of personal experience and research in the early days of the Pacific

British Columbia
Gold rush
Miner
Montreal
San Francisco

The book details the life of a gold rush miner as he travelled through various regions in British Columbia search of gold. The context surrounding his travels through Montreal, San Francisco and other cities, is at a time where the gold rush was in full flow as miners flocked to these regions. The details on transportation, immigrants, mining, abandoning his ships in San Francisco bay, Chinese festivals, rising price of living standards within the city, and other aspects of 19th century British Columbia, cover the various themes we have studies in our research making the book a valuable asset in our research in detailing life in this period in better quality.

Downie, William, 1819-1894

The university of British Columbia

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1893

Muhammad Ali

The university of British Columbia,
Rare Books & Special Collections
DOI: 10.14288/1.0056300
San Francisco: California Pub. Co., 1893

English

Textual - printed book

19th century British Columbia