Category: Travel Writing
Preface 3 The Country and Its Resources 5 The Gold Region 24 Advice to the Miner 33 Towns of California, and What Relates to Them 49 The Harbor of San Francisco 55 Directions for Entering the Harbor of San Francisco 55 Regulations for the Harbor and Port of San Francisco 56 Th...
On arriving at any spot containing gold deposites, the first step to be taken is to examine the general appearance of the country. The hills should be covered with brick-red soi...
4. Part 4The new comer, on preparing himself to start for the mines, first should know what he wants for his expedition. Many start lumbered with baggage, imagining that they cannot and...
3. Part 3In view of the state of landed property of the country, there are three methods by the means of which California may receive an increase to its population without any violence t...
2. Part 2The point of the terminus of the railroad is by an accident, so to speak, already selected with a good deal of discernment; it is called the New York of the Pacific, situated at...
1. Part 1Preface 3 The Country and Its Resources 5 The Gold Region 24 Advice to the Miner 33 Towns of California, and What Relates to Them 49 The Harbor of San Francisco 55 Directions fo...
6. Part 6In making the northern entrance, called Sausolito, keep the Fort and the island of Yerba Buena in one; in coming from the south and making the southern entrance, keep the island...