gold mines and mining

Collects primary sources that provide a history of the 1848 Gold Rush and its impact on California and the country. Includes color illustrations, critical thinking questions, a glossary, and further resources.

Contains profiles and photographs of children who went to the Yukon and Alaska during the gold rush age of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Examines the history of the Gold Rush and why it took place.

Chris MacGregor, his siblings, and his girlfriend run across a hidden safe while scuba diving, and discover toxic chemicals that are destroying the pearl beds off the coast of New Guinea, which leads them to an illegal gold mining operation under an active volcano.

Hoping to strike it rich, two brothers escape an abusive father and set out on a treacherous journey to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush.

"Stories from the California Gold Rush. Using an abundance of primary resources, the stories give readers a better view of what it really was like to live through this incredible event."--Provided by publisher.

Traces the true story of prospectors Stanley Pearce and Marshall Bond, who joined thousands of men along the dangerous Chilkoot and White Passes to seek their fortunes in the gold fields of Canada.

Twelve-year-old Jeremiah "Jem" Coulter knows that Goldtown, California, has seen the last of the gold rush. But the flecks of gold he and an old prospector, "Strike," find in their played-out claim on Cripple Creek spur Jem's hope of striking it rich.

Twelve-year-old Jeremiah "Jem" Coulter is caught in the middle of a riot when the Midas mine runs out of gold and the owner decides to reclaim an abandoned mine that is now being worked by Chinese miners.