[WED]Re: Elbao mines

[Lyn Nunn]

I don't know if it will help at all but anyone interested in mining in the
early days might get something out of this book, though it is about
Californian mining. I suspect is written by the brother of my ancestor Mary
speaks of. It can be found on http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep28.html
under Ramblings in California. Following is the summary. The writing style
must be typical of the time or else it is just my family (his sister had the
same style).

Pringle Shaw was a Briton or Canadian who spent five years in California in
the 1850s. Ramblings in California (1857?) falls into two parts. The first
half is an analytical study of California's varied residents (European,
Asian, United States emigrants); a history of mining and the evolution of
society and law in mining camps and towns; and discussion of the state's
prospects for farmers, women, and children. Shaw describes San Diego, Los
Angeles, Sacramento, and Benecia at length and provides a county-by-county
and town-by-town analysis of the state's climate, soil, commerce, and
demographic patterns. The last half contains anecdotes of Shaw's own
experiences as a miner and merchant in both the Northern and Southern Mines,
with special notes on routes to California and an account of his passage at
Chagres.

regards

Lyn


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Jackes" <mjackes@telusplanet.net>
To: <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 12:44 PM
Subject: RE: [WED]Re: Elbao mines


> Thanks, Stanley, for your good research.  I think gold is not going to be
> found where there is lead/silver/ochre/calamine - but the gullible are
> always with us.  I grew up in an area where there was a gold rush in the
> 1850s (Lynn Nunn's ancestor was in the same Australian village as was an
> ancestor of mine, back then), so I know all about these old gold mine
> stories.  To get to the bottom of this, someone will have to check on the
> Mining Journal referred to at the URL to which Stan Mapstone directed us,
> or look up JW Gough on Mendip mines.
>
> Once again, this area of Somerset provides endless fascination!
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> Mary Jackes
> Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 0N8, Canada.
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