Publication: Privately printed, 1966, NP
First edition. 9" x 6" in yellow pictorial wrappers. 80pp. Illustrations. Foreword. Contents. Acknowledgements. Notes. Signed by the author. Introduces gold and exactly what it is followed by information on gold geology, where to find gold, gold dredging, placer mining, panning for gold, mossing, crevicing, sluice boxes, ore crushing, gold amalgamation, where to sell gold, famous gold nuggets, the history of gold mining, etc. Double-page strip map at center showing California gold-bearing areas. Offers illustrations of gold sniffer plans, rocker plans, sluice box plans, vibrator plans. Three pages of definitions. Light soiling and tanning to wrappers and with light wear to the extremities. Very good.
Inventory Number: 48576