gold mines and mining

At the start of the Klondike gold rush of 1897, while traveling through Canada with her father, uncle and friends, twelve-year-old aspiring author Hetty tries to determine the identity of a thief.

Rusty, an old prospector, and Lo Fat and Lee, two Chinese living in the small mining town of Rhyolite, Nevada, become friends and share the excitement of finding gold in the Amargosa Desert.

The small piece of gold which Anisett carries in her pocket causes grave danger for her family living in the rough world of the California gold camps.

Tahir Shah chronicles the experiences he had while searching for King Solomon's fabled mines in Ethiopia.

Challenges the claims of anthropologists Napoleon Chagnon and Jacques Lizot that the lives of the Yanomami Indians of Venezuela and Brazil are characterized by violence and sexual depravity, and examines the roles these anthropologists and others may have played in corrupting these people.

Discusses the creation, history, and location of gold, describes tools used by prospectors, and provides instructions on how to find and pan for gold.

Chang, the son of Chinese immigrants in San Francisco during the 1850's gold rush, wants a pony but cannot afford one until his friend Big Pete finds a solution.