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CONTENTS.

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PAOK

dications that  Inflaenoe  the  Proepector — Origin  of  Rushes  and  Gamps — Society along  the. Foothills — Hut and  Camp  life — Sunday  in  the Mines — Catalogue of  California  Mining  Rushes — Mariposa,  Kern, Ocean Beach,  Nevada,  Gold  Lake,  Lost  Cahin,  Gold  Blu£^  Siskiyou, Sonora, Australia,  Fraser  River,  Nevada,  Colorado,  and  the  Rest — Mining Laws  and  Regulations — Mining  Tax — Discrimination  against Foreigners ,. 381

CHAPTER XVI.

MININQ MXTHODS. •

1848>1866.

Primitive Mining  Machinery — Lnproved  Means  for  Poor  Diggings- California Inventions — Tom,  Sluice,  Fluming — Hydraulic  M'niTig — Ditches, Shafts,  and  Tunnels — Quartz  Mining — ^The  First  Mills — Ex- citement, Failure, and  Revival — Improved  Machinery — Coopera- tion— Yield — Average Gains — Cost  of  Gold — Evil  and  BendSdal Effects of  Mining 409

CHAPTER XVII.

BIRTH OF  T0WM8.

176^-1869.

Mexican Town-maxing — Mission,  Presidio,  and  Pnehlo — ^e  Anglo- American Method — Clearing  away  the  Wilderness — ^The  American Municipal Idea — Necessities  Attending  Self-government — Home- made Laws and  Justice — Arbitration  and  Litigation — Camp  and Town Sites — Creation  of  Counties — ^Nomendatore— Rivers  and  Har- bors— Industries and  Progress. 429

CHAPTER XVm.

CTTT BUILDIKO.

1848-1888.

The Great  Interior — River  and  Plain — Sutterville  and  Sacramento— Plan of Survey — The  Thrice  Simple  Swiss — Better  for  the  Country  than a Better  Man — Healthy  and  Hearty  Competition — Development  of Sacramento  City — MarytfHlle — Stockton — Placerville — Sonora — ^Ne- vada— Grass Valley — ^Benicia — ^Vallejo— Martines — Oakland  and  Vi- timty — ^Northern and  Southern  Cities 446

CHAPTER XIX.

OALIYORNIA IK  OOUNTIBB.

1848-1888.

Affiurs under  the  Hispano-Califomians — Coming  of  the  Anglo-Americans — £1 Dorado,  Placer,  Sacramento,  Yuba,  and  Other  Couoties  North aitd Soatb— Their  Origm,  Industries,  Wealth,  and  Progress 481