Main Title |
Evolution of California's Placer Mining Landscape. |
CORP Author |
Environmental Protection Agency, Seattle, WA. Region X. |
Year Published |
1998 |
Report Number |
EPA/910/R-98/003 |
Stock Number |
PB2017-100828 |
Additional Subjects |
Alaska ;
Placer mining ;
Environmental effects ;
Water quality ;
Mines ;
Metalliferous mineral deposits ;
Ore deposits ;
Metals ;
Placers ;
Mine wastes ;
Surface waters ;
Water sampling ;
Water chemistry ;
Turbidity ;
Dissolved solids ;
Suspended solids ;
Water temperature ;
Hardness(Water) ;
Electric conductivity ;
pH factor ;
Ecological concentration
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB2017-100828 |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
168p |
Abstract |
This report shows that hand placering for gold is a vanishing frontier enterprise from which it is now next to impossible to extract a living. Soon after the depression set in thousands of unemployed with their families attempted small-scale placer mining as a source of livelihood. "^ During the early years of the rush to the creeks the number of would-be miners failing to find gold was 20 times greater than the number of miners who had been successful in recovering an amount sufficient for even one sale. |