CONTENTS 



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Preface, by Olaf P. Jenkins 7 



Publications Consulted 8 



Sierran Roads of Today and Yesterday, by Dorothy G. Jenkins 9 



The Discovery of Gold in California, by Donald C. Cutter 13 



History of Placer Mining for Gold in California, by Charles V. Averill 19 



Sierra Nevada Province, by Olaf P. Jenkins 21 



Geologic History of the Sierran Gold Belt, by Olaf P. Jenkins 23 



History of Mining and Milling Methods in California, by C. A. Logan 31 



Geologic Maps and Notes Along Highway 49, by Oliver E. Bowen Jr. and 

 Richard A. Crippen Jr 35 



The Formation of Quartz Veins, by John A. Burgess 87 



Mining on Carson Hill, by John A. Burgess 89 



Survey of Building Structures of the Sierran Gold Belt, 1848-70, by Robert F. 

 Heizer and Franklin Fenenga _ 91 



