Hydraulic Mining in California: A Tarnished Legacy Volume 20

by Powell Greenland and Greenland

Book Overview

Hydraulic mining was, and remains, controversial.It produced great wealth from the soil of California, yet damaged the land in such a way that the scars will remain for eons. Great hillsides were denuded of soil by streams of water which boggle the imagination, and the sediment which was washed away filled the streambeds of the valleys below, causing flooding which decimated agriculture and inundated towns.

This important new work, the first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806190264
• ISBN13: 9780806190266
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"