Volume9 . July 1998 . Number3
Mnternational Lost in the Xlondike? North Camllna Gold
The organizersof the IV InrematioDal Looking for an arcestor who Jollowed In 1999,Nonh Ca.olinawill observerhe Minirg History Conferenceate putting the gold rushesro lhe Far Nonh? The bicentennialof the first gold ru6hin what the firishing toucheson ihar event to be AlaskaCold RushCenternial Task Force w,s lhen the United States. Cold was held in Guanajuato, Mexico between rerehdy published Hote to Fint your discoveredin Cabalus Counry, ihe filst Novemberl0th atrd 13rh, 1998. The GoM Rush Relalive: Sourcet on the of the Appalachiangold 6elds. Flom Congressis supportedby the Imtiluro Klondike and AlLtl@ GoA Ruthes,1896- September l7 !o 19, 1999, the Nacional de Arthropologia y Histoda J9J4, compiled by R. Bruc€ Parham. Univelsity of North Carolinaat Chado$e (INAH), theAsociacioo de Ingenieros de The reDpage guide is a good reference will serve as host for 'Gold irl Calolina Minas, the Mehlurgistitas y Geologosdo t9ol for aDy researcher; it includcs and America: A Bicenrennial Mexico, A. C., and o&er minillg information on arcbives, intemet Perspective,'a sympGium sponsoredin compsnier and academic institutions. sourc€s,CD-ROMS, newspaper indercs, pan by the Universiry, ReedCold Mine The Congresswill be sinilar to the III etc, For mor€ information contact the StateHistoric Site, surounding couniies, Intemaaionalheld in Golden,Cololado in Stare of Alaska Office of History aDd atrd the Nonh Carolina Division of 1994 wirh professional papers, Archeolos/,360i C Sr., Suite 1278, Archives ard History. Sessioaswill rcceptiorE,and tours, The agendais set Anchorage, AK 99503-5921 or phone examine the history of gold in Nonh and the program drated. Guanajuato 907-269-8721. If that do€s!\ heip Carclina and beyond, as well a! gold's was a major silver producer during tbe Nancy l-ethcoeof Valdez ha.scompiled impacton sociery,culture, economics, colonial pedod, wilh rcvivals, especially information oD 3,000 people in ber geology,and technology woddwide. For in the early 1900s. The ciry is a hisroric Annotated Databate of Panicipants in more information call 919-733-7305or motrument1o the colonial era. Miding the Prince Wiuian Sound, Vadez and write NC Departmert of Cultural sires abound. For more informalioD Coppef Ri]€r Arca GoM Rush (thcsc Resourc€s,109 E. Jonca $., Ral€igh, contact: Com e Organisador del IV were lhe folks that got losr or misled on NC 27601, Colgreso I emacional de Hisroria de lheir way !o the Klondike). Ir is Mingria, Direccion de EstDdios avai.lablefo! $24.95from PrinceWilliam Hisbricos, INAH, Arexo al CaJrillo de SoundBooks, P. O. Box 1313,Valdez, Chapultepec,Apanado Postal 5-119, AK 99686 or look for it on the Valdez Mexico, D. F., C. P. 06500. Museum's homepage: Information about the conferenceand www.alaska.nct/-vldzmuse/index.hltrt Guamjuato is available on their web page:hup: //www. inah. gob.mr Bisbee Thankyous. Their Fax is 553.63.74 or e:mail ([email protected]).For MHA members had a g.eat time in ravel inforEalion contact: Viajes Bisbee much to the credit of the local Ca4agena, S. A. DE C. V., orgaDizersatrd hosts, Thanks also lo ProlongacionAmericas 1612 - A C. P. rcponer Cindy Hayostek and othet 44610,Guadalajara, JAL. Phorc 523- fiieDds at Pq, Dit for the coverageof 678-9232ot F|\X s23-61A-9n2. orr event at Bisbee. Pay Din has beeA supporive of MHA sinca our fouding. Mining Eistory News
Pr€side t's Paqe Organization Notest relocated a Coronado Railroad iocomotive fiom the head of the On a spring rborritrg, wirh lace curains Ouav. Colorado in 1999 Longfellow Incline Dear Cli{iotr ard blowing ar the windows of lh€ Copper At lhc Bisbcc meeting Dlane Smith, moved a heaalframefiom Bisbeeto rhe Queetr Horel and birds singing in rhe Mark and Karen Vendl :nd others lnlrseumgrounds itr PhoeDix(he did have aees, one reljsh€s a side of mitrilg prcsctrtcd the latest on plars for next help with thete herculeatrrask flom rhe history mucb sw€eter than r},?iq8 years confeence in Ouray, Colorado. Seabeesard a few other people good footnotes. I doubr tbat the MHA will The old silver a[d gold camp sruggled with movitrg equipmetrl, as well as a ever meet in a mole charming and into atr insedible, beautiful diche in lhe host of voludeers atrd co4)orate perfecdy prcserved midng rown than SanJual MountaiN will host ow event spolsor), Masotrhai written aboutthe Bisbee. June 3 6, 1999. The event will itrclude history of his honreiown, Bisb€e, Thanks to the unriring efforu of rours to famed gold mines, ghosrtowns especiallylhe Calunet & AriroDa mine, Maron and Janice Coggin, Carrie and sceDicsites, maybeeven a railroad. hasorchesirated ihe recmt publicalion of Gustavson,our programcommittee, aJd So stay tu!€d. For information on Arizona mioing history volumeIII by rhe olhers, we enjoyed an ouBuading givttrg a paper contact one of the Mining Club of the Souihwestand $e colference, with a trip to lhe impressive program coDmittee members: chai! local chapterof trc A$crican Insritureof Ca@nea Mine in Mexico ard Inaly Duane Smith, SouthwestCe er, Re€d Mining EDgine€rs,and js active in the excellcnr mlks, We were €specially Library, Fort Lewis Colleg€, Dllmtgo, mining industry as Direc@r of the fortulate that 6€veralof our speaketshad CO 81303; Eric Clemmt, Weste$ Arizona Depanment of Mines and exceptionrl expertise on nining in Museumof Mining and Indusfty, P. O. Minelals. He is alro a poet,not a bad Bisbce. Box 629, Molument, CO 80132;aDd thiDg for a mining historian. Nex! year we will meel in Ouray, Mark Langedeld, 2020 Harley Drive, Colorado,whcre Duane Smith will guide Madisot, WI 537114350 or e:Etail: MHA Officersl a tour to t numbcr of old mining calnps . [email protected] Sally Zanjani, P&sident -- surc lo be a rear. Ln 2000 we Don Hadesty, vic€-presideDt convere in Tonopa!, Nevada,a once-in- Tompah in 2000 Bob Spude,Secr€rary alifetime oppoftunity to celebrare rhe The boardall3o voled |o meetin Tonopah Jay Fell, Tleasurer ceit€Dnial of the cenral Nevaakmining dudng that old miting town's ccntcruial CouDcil mcmbers: James Erlg.rly, 000m. yclrr. Tonopah's history has be€r Richard Francaviglia,Lynr tagetrfeld, The reportswe heatdat Bigbecotl the prescwcd by the Ccffial Nevada Ed Hun|er, LysaWegman-French, Roger state of the MHA were genelally Historical Society. Butt, Enc Clemetrts, and Roben encour.ging, Editor Chris HuggardDow Trennert (pastpresident), has a hefty siack of submissiotrsto lhe Towdev Award joulml; Trcasurer Jay Fell fin& us Michael Ripm€$t€r of Brock Unive$ity 1998 Nominatins Corpmhtec: solvent; Secreury Bob Spudc rcports in St. Cath€rines,Ontrrio wasthis year's Mason Coggin co!siderable tecovery in our racipientof the JohnTownley Award for JamesMcB de membership. Nonetbeless, inqrasing the b€sr essay on Eirdng hisrory Eleanor Herz Swent our meEbership- especiallybliryirg itr published in be MHA'6 lhe Mining nore young membeN-- shouldbe a bigh ENory Jounml His assay,'Placed otr priodty. Each one of us needs to the Margi[s: The Idea of Chinato$n in Th€ Miding Ilistory Associatiotr publiciz€the MHA wheneveropportudty Rossland,British, 1890-1902,"appeared Newsletter offers. iD the I 997 joumal. Denver, Colorado The Oulay n€eting wiII mrrk rhe tenth aruwersary of our organizdio& a Rodnar Paul Award Distdbui€d to associalion membels; good dme to rcflec( oD how far we'v€ Prcsident Sally ZaljaDi awarded lhe menbership is opeo to all interesaed come atrd wherc we intend to go. I'd MHA'S Rodman PaEl Award for in the history of rrjning. Duesare $25 w€lcomecofrneqis otr ways to hcrease crntribudons h BiDing hisrory to Masod per year. Pleasesend dues to MHA, membelrhip, criticisms of our present Coggin. Mason is the ddving force Post Office Box 150300, Denver, cou$e, ard suggestio$ on funm behind lhe AdzoM S!a!€ Miuing Cololado80215. directions, Pleasewrile to me at: Museum atrd has been iastrumental in Sbbmissionsfor publication in the Sally Zarjari rhe rcvival of that orgrDization locaied newsletter are welcome. Write to 4360 Slide Mounrain Cir. widtu eye sight of Arizona's state Robeft L. Spude,Editor. ReDo,NV 89511 capitol. Nearly sirylc hadedly, h€ TiIE UOST RECOMI4ENDEDUINING EISTORY EOOKS
tbe Rc.d€r' As part ot the t0{A's contlnuing 'Year of the Reader,' a gEoup ot senior mlntng hlstory specialista vere asked iheir.pirion alouE tbe tsvenly best books in mining history, or, nDle plecisefy, lhey were someone begiming in lhe field ot lust titerested in reading the besr tntroducti.ns 6r caae or regional studies on the iopic, Tbey responded uith an array of ticles, but most lists cmtained nany obvious duplicates, rbich led to or! Top Tkenty, There ras almost banimors Belection of the to! five. There ale no 5u!pr:ise6 here- The althols ate vcl1 known to mehbers of the association. To hawe ou! lrop r{etty start tirh a book by clatk spence is applopriate -- ai one of the pdel said, "evelythins by sFence should be on the 1is!." The following should be a good introducLion to nining h!stor/, rl clark slerce, MiniDg Enqlneers and tne berjca' west: fhe tace-Baot rriqade? r349-r9l.r (Mosc6w: university 6f ldab6 pless reprint 1993, oliginally 1970) 2) Duane snith, Roc,b/ r,toutri' Mihins cunps: rhe u$e Ftunticr (Ni{ot, udversity Fress ot colorodo leplint 199s, oligirally 196tl
3' Mark wynan, llatd Rack Epict w.6xen Miref€ and r]le trdus.rjal xe@lurio, (19ts, our of print)
4) Otia Young, Vesten r4inlng. M Infofral aceax.f preciats-Metals Prospecting, Placerins, Lade Itluio?, a.A ]Yilljlg 6n c)]e tnerican Frantje!, fron sprsjs}l Tines to 7a93 lNorhar: Uniwer5ity of otlahoma Press, 1970, in lrint) s & 5 tic) wlllian Gteelett Edanza wesx: ahe sx.ry of rre |'esoerr l|Jjrilg Fusrcs, 134a-19oo ltt scou: uDiw'iity ot Idaho lress re!!rnr, oliqtnalry 196:)
5 & 5 rie) 4odmnn Pau1, ]vln.irg FEqEierE at tie Fa! west, 7A4A-1A30 1L963, out of print) 7) Richard r,insenfeller, dazd Rock !4inets: A,!{srory at tue alntnq Lab6! t4bvse't )n the Anerlcaa ,e5c (1974, out of prtnt)
3) Ma1.olm Rohrbough, Days .f caldt rhe ca-lifolnja 6o.ld Rusn and c,r.e .Areri.e ]Vario' (relkeleyl unlverstiy ot califomia press, 1997 ln pfint)
9) sally ZanJani, A Mine of Het CM: lt@d Ptospectore j, i!€ 4rericd ,t$t, 1350-1950 l!,incotn: univellity of Nellaska pleEE, 199? ir prlnr)
10) Michael r.ra1one, aactle for sutre: vjlinq ar.i Poljtlcs o! lne Nortielr Fr@Liet, 7a64-t9o6 {leaLLlc, Uniwersity of Rashingion Pless leprint, orlqinaLly 19311 Because the nert tsen books sere wery c.rose in tehs of nuiSels of .ecomnend:rionE by the grolp, ir Fas de.ided !o 1.i3! rhem togcther wiihout pljolity. They are li.ted alphabelically by autho!. They tonalit houn, llara-Raek Mitets: ?!e t remo@rai, wcst, 136a-t92o 11,919, .p) ,tanes E. Fe11, Jr., OEs rd vera2sj .rhe Racky Mob.ajn sneleing h.l'stty lr919l .t. S. Holllday, The wotld Rusheal rn, Tne califorma cold RusI 4 Ralph Marn, nfrer rhe cotd Rush: .gociecy u 6!ass valley 4d Nevada ciEy calitaflia Js49 7a \L9s2, Ric}lard Peterson, yhe Edaza rirgsr lJre Socla.l Orj.gld6 ahd Bualre6s EcEavio. ol Nestea !4iajnq Euxteptenells 11917) The catnish in AteriEa l\969) M|'jng anerica: The rudusxty &d rle llvjlomenrr fia0-79aa \r931J c1a!k sperce, lhe c.Eey pfacc' Miting C@pey, A Piaueez eold-DtedglAg EaterP rise i' t4dtzna. 1A97- Sa]ly zanjani, coldfield: ",5e iast cotd Rde]r @ Ehe wescem Ft@xiet l\992) Thele vere 63 otler bookE le.onnended by rhe giorp, all good rnd waluabre. The abowe Top Tventy sho{s a western u- S. biasr urortunalely there ale so few good, tself-knoh b6oks on nining in the !as!. Aiihough they did not make Nhe list hele there are Eastem hidi.g history books am@g the sixty Ehree oElrels. rf a reader is interested in the enrlre 1i.t of 3l pLease send a stanped self addlessed envelope to the !4rA, P, o. Box 150300, Denver, c0 4021s and ia,i11 be fotrarded to you. Mlhino lii Red lnDiodG o 6r llliory of MhiDs T!. ft'losir€ $$ rodaiE mt aticr.s, d.!EB..d di$lrbltN ojlt Elste & d.Irilao.y 'Ibllr ofdidlg. IriBrrd€r.l1qle ofbililg in Nonn Aidi.!. blh@. sio sellir dtrgg..li@forthitiBbIDa! We wlc@ ciEdco fq iEtutEiD th. rdtrDdld con piea br Lya w.€h&Fcub "ft. AguillMedi.4 M,Ig T. cut reld.id 6d ib. odgiu ol .csriLdmo": ftc cse .f dr Mjdls soe rnd ris wol[!, c, 192?_1910 Fr*ial,'?b.D. Je., Tb. uone* d T@ srAo5u, ryy,, 'Odr.@y Ail@, &lhrtF G. of . V.id: cl@uim "d dc Rlrc of tb. Ncitwt M.{!l Wdlln, t9(f, -Lylt.r Mu@ 41, @, 3 lAatr@ LgnJ: 'EOuie ' Adtoh, TontJ. Bis, bln a-ibtr&. Ed lle MoUyid!sni@: T!. Miliq of i r€eDd tW ne C(Lio.l nl.A. rt6i+ cdiroDi! Srrt Ulivc6iq, Ddi!3rd SfiB, 1997. " l\\gu.\ R4, Gt46 e Mn .t6t llllc lli.pmio orisie of wBcE auis Mnn'€ bq." w4dkSat Exb,I isll,lle/ld 1996). .AEi !Ar'dd, h€.. r.y of or A1@Mdbh c@my.. crdt, carg ltsb,ldt,ldtutrn (F\at\Ntfi.r tggttgs):1-21. 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[email protected] of p!l|!.diw_. l909l9ro: A Sodt Miet Sen D.t b Et terz1,n 3 (r.n t99O: rJ&t?3. IpdtMd MUklt.Cbds wruld, .ttu sDidrot r!. lioet slit hl6: Atild,r auldobiL o.ld turb of lhc l9:f,,s.r tMt., |ntu Ei!rr/r1s, no.4 .ttc Mo.brlds,a!8c. [email protected] UrSu Ncand(. ?a.i6a Iiln ,nt ft.u?, 66, e g (AUud 1997):3r-362. Mdwro' E rA Aid.liqr r&r€dlbt in rh! M'*i!s:,cqinr Bmesru. i. r rsd{Mru rM; r390n9ao.,Einoi@t M.rldt 'fi, N_ , M@, torhrm Tlylor, 'Ihc 6t Nr!& CoId:Ar E*t@.!bl Ei6r, ot rn6Adlryqta Coldthd,. r6.D. dt ,, V.iEGlE, of \tdnhgb, 1997. Mdi' ,o&pAc. p. 'Udlsl !d W.lt 6 MlUi. Se, SEt'r Alqd toooftl. GulNon[q oE kr?drBi vs{.d FoiEt.* & EfEiqd c6ir.6d co@?' Jdrul 4 Lq tusant4, ,rj Oreb,,4,nd 13, D. r Gpd r9g: ?+tm, N'ptr' -taE! wlttu 'Mid Mi@ rldvr.br*: cbrtMis M..bn don dd rh. F"taD x.dr*y colt Acrtu, rs90.1990."h.D. di!., UiivdtirJ of [email protected]. t9'I. Pib.r, Bry,o D. "1h. ud Robi! tM. B8 sI..!: rlc Md!r6! Mir liE & 194.. t bNlL2 tuajrn (jt,o6l\) 39 (srrj* 19961:,5 ?{!. lll[quiir, Ro6.nr. 'Mini!s, (crc, 8d rD Lq: Ix. tmb{@ c!:cs of !.6 wi0dcE, cjdry sbit[, Dd rcn Dods., rs7sl!ss.. J@ru, '/ ,'i@ll!rdr 33, e. 2 (S\@* 19t): l3j-1s4. Pa...t, SIeq 'Tre $S r.l3e' in riE No!68Bulb. rawj A?tdts CoEdallird)tS, D. r G.botry r9$): m.27. toddio c!ud! !.Iv* nlh hd. hilri .f pElaiart ha.ra @ibt..l rellBa 'Joe Ri.$rrd II. M.nhr[: otifdln s col,aDnc{ru.. www.lbAtbrrftLc@ betuie in w.t of 1l Nd6k rf7_ &M, Rtulur H. . jdd w. M'!.1d1 l@ opr@dt b !dEny.. Goa ondT@tu E@ ro 'Tba mdin, Cnis. Mdd4 of a It!.r IEdr: jqb Mith€l rld &. ,nlbErie sIr&c of 1919,' Pdr$ariz Er@ry 63, e. 1 Os96)i J3'7, ?hiuips,t tr 'Ido lhe E :d of dr. I.Io!d&u," ,$16.1200. s. 1 g.ory 1993):6,|-6?. Pt#, r IGrEtu "rjvd .f cold: lae lrq'ld ol r!. Klondle GoLthd m {r P.ci6cr{dnRrr' Crhrdd rt (SlM 19y7). 'T!. P!i.. of Oold,' .rf,aia It trias..{9, tu. I (!.!Nry t9931;]a-52 [d6 ty pnpa.br oh.y Tnrycr] ?6dr4 Cber l.y, 'E!6rm Eu!!tu towisi n@i96l3 !d Thdr Cbldoq rb Mi@o| Ird Ri4., r3msr930!," !|,t, nis,. V vflit d '1!. ?muL. Micnd. LmiE, Uan6 i{idna lldtlE of d! IrDFft torbdol AH: Ar !flim.l'l Snby ed Eeri4. A$s@qL'M,A. {ndia Td uiivcaity, 199?, piiM, Dd- 'Cotmdo Gnld:Tnc Dns.rr, MtuingEi$ott, Ccolo€r,dd Slefiu Mbarldsy of Sddd Oq@3 h rie Fd rrrte," nock dl t&tiak Pr r:'t2, tu. 4 pnt 199?)i ?rd 2: 72. e. 5 (Sardla r99?), .Au R.lr\.dr, Rlcbld. Ttn Gtidrd., ltEtet Eaing. 49, @, I l!*odta,{|l$ t993)i 42-54,{cdjrl@ir cold Idlrbl 'r1l. Rnbyelirs, S.w, Midigrn Co!!€r$kc of 1913.' rltn 4 t rrj,43, tu. 3 (M!dr 1993):47-52. Si6ord, tef&.t J. "B.t d by r 'Color' of Coldb r Moud{ir ol (hNiL': Conscdor C4t rt !| Wo& tI rhoMon6d cotdfidrh, 185t1368-i ?rn n .l/o,l@ 4?, b. 3 (Alfu 1997):3445. S06,! Ddjel to'cpn. 'I.du!fy ,!d lrrprov@ slll! ed CIG! FmrtN i! Nw. Sldir} cdt-rrir* cdtrBdde, t?90,1364,i Ih.D. di$., Quq r UDj6ily !t Kjlssio. (c@d), r9yr- 'D.!d s64 sl8u !, Worl: tne coDtudd Dd Rc@t&.dd of th. Itrdo Mh.n M6@dr' Crzribrv soct tod 19 \199q: 36s-194. 'Priri.dB.drna s.ull, shs L, Cdl Srd. of1919," drd'?/.r d onai.tu 15, e., (Su&@ rt7)i 160.13r, Sdin. Du+ ^-"'\i/hG i Bird cdld llirdly obt b r F..di8f c.d8c rEtno4 cur.r rnd {E SL€D Min. [ch{ cFL c@ry|,. coto,ld, Fadue. lsqdaa $n)t 2s.31. "Bvd Snir6, DuF .d OpriDlnicJArnur Fo!*!. Col@do,. totuI qrrr,. lt r 36. m. 4 (Oddrr lgyD; 6l-73, 'Tc!'dfu guu!. sbir surr.r, ilc srolf Tird. rnd silvd .. 6! Rrl ih EAai6), 1173-173r.,sttpdi. AMrs t t@teli^dd-n, b, 3 llssgr 'Y*uo'! scid.c!., toh! Miri* l[udnt[y,' nlattu o.osnphic 25, tu 2 0993)16&?9, 'Ar Srotlr, P.ulr E. Erqbrrro! .{ ihc So.to€lhrd R.ld of tdrilil8ldq ua a!. B.rtjl!8 E4qt.@ 6 tn! Midtr Mb&g !@nd, t!{C 1930,' rh"D. .A uth6b6d, ssl.lhfl rtut EltEh.d Urb4.dl. I.llt iD rb. ColdFbtd'., Be.r: Ex?Lti's Cznz.t',t meo, n, &. s (M,j,.r r'Itrt. 21-82. Elmnjtc r.w$lr !tc. s['s) 'ftc Vu Wmd, Srep!6 R- ild t@ D. Ncrltnn. Errdny 6fB.ds6 rld ei Cjs6 M!.Lr.tb Miliu DisEjd, p{r I: A C.& Stjrty of 6c t,lvasof MddN !{ns! i! r Cdnp:rr Tm of 6ln.softm Gfif@L D.d.r tfut 6 sa' tiqo E tbtt4X ls@4 r\ts6). 'ft. V- w*A Srpr,"o C .ra r*! D. Ncwbnd, gisdy ofgocs rnd &. C.rgo M!.hdD MjrtnS Dirttu ?ln t: A Cre sdy d tuxiq Miffi andc.+d Minilc i! e. sdrhm c.lillod. Dsqt" .rdD.l oJs.n Daso Eitt f a2 (wrs \996), 'A \t.hbrio 4. d6!. Goltd Idnst/.- tmc b i!.Icaditd C.oSrqtn al Aasddr.j|, &, I e@ty 1999:t:r4.\s. -vitEi.i! woodvd, Adia cit lNryadrt Rd.sbr.6" rdrzt ./D. err 3?, m. I Or&ary ts,e8):ro-{j_ \{i[itrg History Nes"s 'Basi.D BookReviews h Ctap@r2, of Gold," Zhu 4d wometr as proslitutes. Except for describesthe physical€nvironmed of th€ trolitics ard law, the Chineseenrercd all Liplngz'Jln, A Aiwtnan's Chance: me Boise Basiq the discovery of gold and other economic fields and Fofessioos. ChineseOn Ihe RocL-JMoudain Mining the resulia rusb, ihe arrival of the fi.st Indecd, in 1880, they found F onliel (Ni\roc Universiry Press of Chir€se, the d€velopmca!of ldaho City, employment ir twenty eighl differenr Cotorado,1997), 220 pp., illrls., bibt., rhe ctrangesir whit€-Chines€population occupations. Especially interesting is 's index. with time, etc. His a&Iysis of rhe Zh compariso[ of wagesof Chircse interpiay of factors rhat causedwhite coD-Elon laborcri to that of white Altholghoverwhelmingly Euroametican, out-migrationend Chinesei!-migratioD laborersin various rypes of mining aad &e residentsof ldnho Ciq, Idaho, an is especially well done- It should be ma[ufacturhg in otherc pans of the iEolatedcomlluniry in the Boise Basin, noted, bowever, that the discovery of UnitedSrats (pp.122-23). ln rhe tare atrnually celebiale rhe Chinese New gold i! placeslike Lemhi also drcw off 1880s, Chinese min€ laborcrs in rhe Year, This unusual occlrllerce has its someof the Chinesepopdatio\ (Capital Bois€Basin eamed 52.25 to 2.50 a day, ofgiff in the early history of ldaho aM Chlonicle, 22 September1869). The whilc white laborers in coal and imn lhe Boise Basin * a history recouDtedi! author prcbably should have offeled a mines and factory workors in the easlem A phinanan's Clance. As a resuli, the caulionary Dote about unqualifLed UDited Starcsc€med half as much. A tide'of tbe book is misleading. It is acceptarceof censuspopularioD figures. few more detailed exaltrplesof ChiDese really a study ofjust a small psrt of the Ilecaus€ of iheir fear of goveranetrt minin8 ventures in rhe Boise Basin Rocky Mou ain minitrg fmotier, the offrciais, thei! coDsideftblemobiliry, asd would have strcngthenedthis chapter BoiseBasin, with lfttle or tro comparilon lheir location in often remote aod the statementthar in Califomia, Chinese lo the Chinesecxperience in the rest Of isolatcd mining areas, the ccnsus minerswerc the first to improve rcckers Idaho or &€ reoainder of fte Rocky probably under eDutgmted Chinese ard drat there improved rocke$ were Moultain Wesr, A more apptopdate nilers. immediately adopaedby all we$em "The "Life dde would have been Chhese i! Chapler3, in tbe Rockies," miners needs elaboration and the Boise Basin: A Case Study of includ.s an exaninalion of rhe ChiDese documeDEtion. The modifications of Etbnicity on the Rocky Mouatain Mining stadard of living, dw€llings, household siuicing described on p. 107 wqe Flontier', fumisbings, materialposgessions, dtess, devised specifically to overcome 'From In ChaprEr 1, Carton to diet, heailh and roedical csre, leisure problems at Gold Canyon, Nevada. I Idaho,' Zhu eramineslhe long fadition acdvities and family iife, atrd oflen know of no evideoce, documentaryor of ChheseoveNeas migation, the push- compales6nd contralts ibem q,ith that of otherwise, tha the C'hineseemployed pull faetors of Chinesemigiation to tlle Eruoamcricans,and Chinese in China. &ese irurovationsin the Boise Basin. "by AmericanWeEt, the typesof ibmigrants, He convinci[gly arguesthal many In Chapter 5, 'Violence Ajd the meansof passageto Califomia, thc st,ndards, most Chinese lived well, Juslice,' Zhu dispels rhc tnditional diffusion from Califomia to ldaho, erc. enjoying a ralubdous clinate, a portmyal of tbe Chioeseas only vicrims, Oeoemllythis chapteris well wrid€o aDd nutdtious diet, spacious livitrg and arguesdlat oD the ldaho ftonrier, the interesaing,but mo* of the informadotr accommoalalions,adequale cloihi[g and Chi!€se eEbracedbodt Wesre!trjusrice is cov€reditr detdil elsewlere ard soEe effectivemedical care' (p65). Id€ed, iD and Weslem violence and at diffeEnt parts, especiallythe ertendeddisaussion 6or[e ways, e.g. di€r, the C'hinese times lhe Chinesewere victots, viclins, of Chinesemigration befoE 1848, seem standardof living proved far superior to ald villains. Al1 especiallynotewortby, supefiluous. Mor€over, I would be lhe av€ragc Anglo-American miner in if nor unexpected,finding is thar when leary of acceptingas fact tbat Chinese rhe Boise Basin- Although probably lhe Chincse nlned to legal means to aliscovereded mircd gold iII the Boise reprcssntative of scenes in the Boise rcdressitrjustice, and ftey often did, tbe Brlitr rn 1856 (p.28) basedor y on th€ Basid, the photo on pag€ 84 actualy is local couns sowed them rElativcly well uncorroborated recollectioff of a 94 of De Iimar, Idaho. ald equitably. The shecr size of $e "for 'The year-old man. The author srstes Chpter 5, Queslfor Riches,' Chinese populadon, ttrE Chinese utrknowtr reasons, f€w Chinese prinarily deals wirl rhe Chinese economicimlonance in the BoiseBasin, parlicipatedin the early rush to the Boise irvolvem€nt in mining, including their a felr pro'Chilese righrs whires, were Bash" (p.28). Yet a nulrber of peiod technology,acquisitio$ ofclaims, role as among the fa4ors rhar provided rhe lewsPaF$ (Dallal Mountaineer, 24 mining laborc$, consFuctiotrof water Chinasewirh lelatively equitabl€justic!. Novomber1865, F ban Tekgru?h, Ll systems for mitillg, etc. Y rile Id Chapter 6, "Differ€nr Bur December 1865, elc,) conredded ftat empbalizing fieir place i! midng, Zbu Equal," Zhu describes how mntual becaus€of prejudice Chinesewere oor adequ?rely sketches th€ir roles as ignoranceiailiauy fueledantagodsm and allow€d to purchaseclaims until 1865. famers, Dercha s, laudrynerL cooks, discriminatio! between Euroamericans Minibe Historv News a-odChinese. Eveftually daily contac! in the Boise Basin, vicdmization, kmwledgeable discussionsof l,arson's resultedin a caflain egalitarirJrisn,' 'if uohappi@ssand oppEssion vere not phomgmphictechniqu€s atrd the contxt Dol culrural melding.' He demonshates prcdomi.na . Rafter thar simply just of ihe images. Every feature itr each how mining transactions, busin€ss victims, tbe Chinese played all lbe photo is minutely describ€d, alrhough associations,supply purchasEs,social frontier roles - victin, villains, ard rrad€rs without a nagnificr will bar€ly gath€rings, cooperative ve$ures, and victoN. In the BoiseBasin, ihe Chircse be able to seeitems tha( mu$ haveteen specialevents 'encouaged toleratrt- even experienced maiIly toleratrce, rcadily visible to the author oo larger 'Tbeir respectful' coexisterce.' Zhu proviales coexistenc€,and peace, search prirts, Needless to say, lhese considerableeviderce lhat this \ras uue for econoluc well-beiDg is as much a expositions on rhe phoros bdtrg the especiallyby the 1890s. His adlysis of story ofperseveraoceand tiumph as that narrative of k$or's life lo ftequed the local newspaper, which disclosed of any othd Cxoup oo tle Artredcan stops,but minhg hisrorians,at least,will ihat nearly a]l derogatory names or find rhemofconsiderable intere-st. Ohio tenns, suchas heathenand Chinanen for University Prcss is to be congratulaied the Chinese, had disapp€aredby fie Randall Rohe for ploduciry a book rhat is so lavisl y 1890s,is especiallyconviocing. Waukesha,wisconsin illustratd for an affodable pdce. 'Bxodus," Zhu's tinal chapter, discuss€show tbe chargilg naftre of Ronald T. Bailey, Froia in Siller: The sally Zanjani mining resulted in dwindlitrg Life and Ftuntier Photogruplryol P. E. Rcno, Nevrda opportu ties for the Chinese and Larson (Adens: Ohio University coupled with the effects of ihe Chioese Pre$s/SwallowPress, 1998) 287 pp, Bemd and Hilla B&tt€x, Mineheads Exclusion Act of 1882, a skewed bib., notes,illusFations. $44.95 clodr, (CambridS€,Mrss.: MIT Prcss,199?). chinese sex latio, the natural attrition of $24.95 paperback- a! aging population and stale laas in Mineleols @nttirrs ln 1"x9' black ard 1891 and i897 causedthe Chinese to To chrcnicle the lif€ of an "odinary rnan white photo$aphs of nine headftamcs gradually leave the Boise Barin, and by who lived during extraordinarytimes' is from Gemany, Fnnce, dreBritish lsles, 1910 mos! wor€ EoDe. His use of the purpos€of author Ronald T. Bailey. ard the Eastem Unitcd Slales. Each vignertesin this chapter is panicularly Thc ordindy man is Bailey'srelative, photograph was taken u[der overcast protolypically taciturn Swodish skics snd in es nearly the sarnecontext The few aforementionedproblems, idmigra!! Per Edwaral La$s. Iater as possiblc to enable the viewer to Bolt of them minor, does not dctlact changedto l"a$on (18631941)- Tte compareeach. constructioa tyP.s vary: from the overall qDlity of rhis book. It extraoadimrytimes arethe last two greal cast iron, sreel, bdck, concrcrc and is generally a well balaDcedaccouDt of gold rushes ifl the West, the Klondike wood headftarnes. The lalter arc the Chinese. Zhu oot oDly descdbed and Goldfield, Nevada. As a field r€presentativeof the Appalachianrcgion. their anributes but rheir flailties- The phorographerwhose choseD subject was The brief text provides irBights on book is very well wltten, alld easyand men at work settlitrg the ftontier and how the miceheadsllncdon€d, though enjoyable to read. The i usuations whose o*! work was commercial morc iuformation is nceded- such as include simple, but well execua€datrd photographyas a snall business,k$on deprh of shaft ard weights of load. The visually effectiveat,ps, andover a (hzen cbronicled both. host differe from my perupectivewerc "Malokov' phorographs, a number of them not The Klondike 3nd Goldfreld ru3hes the massive brick mssoDry prcviously publish€d. The auihor trlade can best be understoodrhrough olher - strucores 0f the RuhI coalfields. The use of a wide vadety of souces; his use andbetter -book devotedto $em. Tl}e authors explain 6eir inefficiency and of Chineselanguage sources is especially hean of ihis book i5 the klson phoros, vulftrability to vibratiorN, andlheir sre€l nocwortlry. more than 150 of lh€m. They vary i! replaaements, In several ways, Zhu brcaks new qlalily fron dilrtr$s to so much claity Each plate idendfies tbe mitre, arca, $outrd and offers new interpretatioDsof that every tirly face io a large gmup can and dale of photograph. The Bechers, the Chin€se experimce in the mining be distinguished, Although llfsotr both profeiso$ at the Academyof Arr, West. The populer perceprion of that lacked A.nistic prctensioDs,such pholos Dusseldorf, are accomplished c\periedce enphasizes e.rploitatiotr, as "Canyo& Dyea Trail" attain a bigh photographexs. The irMg€s are well irjustice, violence,ald prejudice. Zhu's leeel of anistry, and the Chilkoot Pass reproduced. The book nakes a work on the Boise Basio sho$s that photos of black figues trailing art like wodderfuI addition to mhing history. although the Chir$e cdur€d solne through the slow are prcbably tLc dosl hadships, lhey had dore tbaD the stunning gold rush phofos ever taken. Ed Hutrler proverbial Cbinamatr'schance. At least Bailey is at his best in his victor, colondo MiniDg History NeNs Historic Preseffation From The Archivcs BookNotes The Comstock Archeology Center, Th€ Califomia Divisiotr of Mines atrd RichardPetecon is offe ng copiesof his which conducts archeological work in Ceology hasjust relersedtheir firsl CD- BonanzaNch: LilesrJles of nrc Westem virginia Ciry, Nevada, has begun ils ROM edDliried:Calforrr',a Gold Mines, A Mining Entreprene|N (Mosco$': tund niser ro build a home, which will SesI icenlennial PhotoIlaph Col[ection Universityof ldaho, 1991)to flenbers include a lab, offic€s, and museumspace @MG CD 98-001).This is a collection of dre Mining Hislory Association. Ihe for ihe Virginia & Truckee Railroad of 300 black a[d w]ite gold mining book is a sequel to h\s me Bonanza locomotive #2?. The building will be photos; they can be imponed into a trirgJ end discusses the tasiff, locatednear the former yards in Virginia photo editing plogram or lext fil€ aBwell acquisiliveaess,and social valuesof the City aDdr]rc design follows the odginal asbe viewed on your modtot. The disk wesf s millionaire mine ol\ne$ andfteir V&T railrcad car shed. Tbe cenrerhas is availablefor $15 from the Srateof families. For copies sendS13 check or raisealhalf of the needed$500,000 for Califomia, Dept of Cons€rvation, moDey order (poshge ioclud€d) for the the facilily. Seve.al fuDd laisers ale Division of Mines and Geoiory, 801 K cloth volulle to Richard H. Peterson. {derway, including lhe raffliBg of St., MS 14-33,Sacramenlo, CA 95814- Ph,D., 7956 Lake Adlon Dr., San phorographs by AI Sier. His 3532 or call 916445 -5116. Diego,cA 92119-3117. photogEphs arc otr exhibil, liled ,4Il mat't L6 - GhostTawtlt a t Historical Thar*s to Afi George Lcaming's exquisite 34 page Ji eJ, phich covers ihc well-known aDd parnphlet on Mini g in Bisbee is rcw lilllc-lnown placesof Nevada.Interested Mark and Kar€n V€rdl prese ed the available. Il coftains color Bxaphics, donors should contacl Ron James, new Mining Ilislory Associatiotr historic phoros,maps, chans and a quick Novada State Histodc Preselvation membershipbrochure at Bisbec. Tbanks history. For copies write Free Ceos Office!, 100 North Srewart Strc€t, to lhcm for text work ard An lvilliafia Liblary, P. o. Box 637, Marana, Ca$ooCity, NV 89701-4285. for his glaphic and desigr skills. Arizona85653. Mining History Association PostOffice Box 150300 Denver,Colondo 80215