Death Valley and the Amargosa: A Land of IllusionThis is the history of Death Valley, where that bitter stream the Amargosa dies. It embraces the whole basin of the Amargosa from the Panamints to the Spring Mountains, from the Palmettos to the Avawatz. And it spans a century from the earliest recollections and the oldest records to that day in 1933 when much of the valley was finally set aside as a National Monument. This is the story of an illusory land, of the people it attracted and of the dreams and delusions they pursued-the story of the metals in its mountains and the salts in its sinks, of its desiccating heat and its revitalizing springs, and of all the riches of its scenery and lore-the story of Indians and horse thieves, lost argonauts and lost mine hunters, prospectors and promoters, miners and millionaires, stockholders and stock sharps, homesteaders and hermits, writers and tourists. But mostly this is the story of the illusions-the illusions of a shortcut to the gold diggings that lured the forty-niners, of inescapable deadliness that hung in the name they left behind, of lost bonanzas that grew out of the few nuggets they found, of immeasurable riches spread by hopeful prospectors and calculating con men, and of impenetrable mysteries concocted by the likes of Scotty. These and many lesser illusions are the heart of its history. |
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Inhalt
Borax Bonanza | 171 |
GOLD AND GAS | 185 |
The Montgomery Brothers | 187 |
Bullfrog | 201 |
Mysterious Scott | 240 |
Heart of Gold | 273 |
A Copper Frenzy | 308 |
Resurrection | 336 |
A Hard Lesson | 50 |
Gunsight Silver and the Wonderful Bailey Ore | 57 |
Alvord and Breyfogle | 67 |
Camels Frauds and Lost Guides | 78 |
THE POCKET MINERS | 97 |
Tom Shaws Country | 99 |
Panamint The Wonder of the World | 111 |
The Education of Jonas Osborne | 133 |
On the New York Exchange | 141 |
Starving to Death on a Government Claim | 160 |
Facts Fantasies and Flivvers | 358 |
The Salt of the Earth | 377 |
Mostly Mud and Rock | 395 |
The Hangerson | 410 |
The Last Hurrah | 419 |
A Nice Place to Visit | 439 |
Bibliography | 579 |
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Death Valley and the Amargosa: A Land of Illusion Richard E. Lingenfelter Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1988 |
Death Valley and the Amargosa: A Land of Illusion Richard E. Lingenfelter Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1988 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Amargosa Angeles April August Beatty began Bishop Inyo Register bonanza Book Borax bought California called camp Canyon City claims Company County Creek Daily Death Valley December deposits district early Engineering fall February finally Furnace George gold Goldfield Greenwater ground half headed History hope hundred Independence Inyo Independent January John Journal July June Lake later lead Los Angeles lost March miles mill million Mining Mining Company months Mountain Nevada never November October Office opened Panamint party Pass Press Printing produced profit promoters railroad ranch reached Record Report rest returned Rhyolite Bullfrog Miner Rhyolite Herald rich road rock Salt San Francisco Scotty September shares shipped Shoshone silver Smith soon Spring started summer Survey Tonopah took town trail turned wagons West wonderful worth York