2004 First Edition ROAR OF THE MONITORS Garvis GOLD
MINING Northern Sierra SIGNED
DESCRIPTION:
2004 Original Hardcover, First Edition, signed by
the author, ROAR OF THE MONITORS Quest For Gold In The Northern Sierra by Jann
E. Garvis; Graphic Publishers, Santa Ana, California; Foreword by Gary
F. Kurutz, former Curator of Special Collections, California State
Library ;740 Pages; tan cloth, spine lettered in red; map endpapers; The
first comprehensive compilation of material on 26 Northern Sierra Mining Camps;
Mines index withs over 850 entries; Genealogies of 260 local families;
Bibliography; General index; Glossary; Maps; Graphs; More than 2000
illustrations;
WITH:
Original single sheet, two-sided Prospectus.
CONDITION:
FINE
condition in FINE dust
jacket (in exceptionally nice collectable condition) all of the
printing was done purposely on a paper that looks “somewhat” mottled to
simulate antique paper, but in fact all pages are in FINE condition; Prospectus also FINE [Please see scans]
MINING
CAMPS COVERED:
La Porte
Warren Hill
Little Grass Valley
Secret Diggings
Spanish Flat
Queen City
Port Wine
Mt. Pleasant Ranch
Poverty Hill
Wahoo
Grass Flat
Cedar Grove
St. Louis
Chandlerville
Pine Grove
Howland Flat
Potosi
Poker Flat/Windsor
Hopkins Creek
Poorman’s Creek
Whiskey Diggings
Mount Pleasant
Gibsonville
Onion Valley
Richmond Hill
Sawpit Flat
BIOGRAPHICAL:
Jann E. Garvis, a
teacher in
Santa Clara County spent 35 years of research compiling this
exhaustive history from the area in which she was born.
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