Author: Bailey Millard
Publisher: McLeod & Allen
ISBN:
Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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Author: Roberta H. Green
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780961865641
Category : Custer County (Idaho)
Languages : en
Pages : 255

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Stories early history of central & data plus pioneer of that area

Author: Eugene P. Lyle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 14

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Author: Hans-Gert Bachmann
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0789209004
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The dazzlingly illustrated story of how the world's most beautiful element has influenced the art, economy, and society of every civilization. When Hesiod, the Greek poet of the eighth century B.C., recounted the history of the world as he understood it, he described the legendary first generation of mortal men, who lived in peace and ease, as the “people of gold.” Nearly three millennia later, we still refer to a particularly happy or prosperous era as a “golden age.” The reason Hesiod’s metaphor translates so perfectly into our own idiom is that the mystique of gold, the quintessential precious metal, is truly universal. The very scarcity of gold accounts for part of its allure and much of its monetary value: the total volume of gold ever mined, from prehistory to the present day, would probably fit inside a cube with sides just twenty yards (18 m) long. Yet gold’s incredible material properties also contribute to its appeal. Gold does not corrode, so it never loses its brilliant luster, and it can be chased, embossed, punched, drawn into wires, hammered foil-thin, and shaped in countless other ways. This engaging book reveals that the ways in which gold, in turn, has shaped humanity are no less numerous. Since prehistory, for example, artisans have fashioned gold into ritual objects and high-status ornaments; beginning in the sixth century B.C., gold served as currency; and even in the modern era it has encouraged wars of conquest and triggered frantic gold rushes. Each chapter is devoted to one historical epoch, explaining how people of that time mined and refined gold, and how they used it for cultural and economic purposes. Two hundred gorgeous color photographs illustrate golden objets d’art as diverse as the funerary masks of Tutankhamen; intricate Celtic jewelry; a figurine of “El Dorado,” a pre-Columbian chief said to ritualistically cover his entire body in gold dust; bejeweled medieval reliquaries and crucifixes; and even Gustav Klimt’s gold-drenched canvas The Kiss. With its authoritative yet lively text and these arresting illustrations, The Lure of Gold sets, as it were, the gold standard for books on material culture.

Author: Robert Underbrink
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940725000
Category : Treasure troves
Languages : en
Pages : 129

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Author: Bailey Millard
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781010582250
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Sydney Greenbie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 380

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Author: Pam Blaha
Publisher:
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Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Follows Samuel, Levi, and Samuel A. Harsh and Abel and Albert Franklin as they navigate the Colorado Gold Rush that began in 1859.

Author: Malcolm J. Rohrbough
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520216598
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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When gold was discovered in California in 1848, the news caused the greatest mass migration in the history of the Republic. This comprehensive history demonstrates how the Gold Rush touched the lives of families & communities everywhere in the U.S.

Author: Lawrence Stanley
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Set fifty-thousand years ago, The Runners is a story of the first humans, who disobeyed their creator and escaped from the protected garden valley. Generations have passed since the promised land was settled, and humans have multiplied and spread out, to the west, making towns and prospering, but the savages and half-breeds have prospered as well, and with victory in battle, has come wealth, a new enemy. Brad, known as the kingmaker, unites the western world, but after discovering gold, decides to head back east with his household, where it all started to discover where they all came from and share this new knowledge.The trip east is dangerous, with deadly savages of all kinds, heroic rescues as well as treachery and deceit, but his little army grows strong and overcomes all obstacles. But in the end, nobody is prepared for what they find in the old country.The Lure of Gold is the story of how power and wealth corrupts, and societies devolve over the generations, with many parallels to the problems facing us today. There is truly nothing new under the sun.