The Mariposa Indian War, 1850-51. Diaries of Robert Eccleston: The California Gold Rush, Yosemite, and the High Sierra.

Salt Lake City: University of Utah, 1957 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Edited by C. Gregory Crampton. Pp. [6], vii, [1], 168. Mounted frontispiece portrait, folding map. Bibliography and index. Rust cloth, gilt. Very minor small stain to spine label. A fine copy. An important Gold Rush diary being the record of Eccleston's experiences in the Southern mines during 1850-51. He joined the Mariposa Battalion, explored the Yosemite with the Savage-Bunnell party, the Big Trees, and the Sierra between the main forks of the Merced and San Joaquin rivers. "In 1851, Eccleston returned to the mines called 'Cayote Mess' on the San Joaquin River near Fine Gold Gulch. He continued his diary... and described in some detail his mining activities, amount earned, and expenses incurred" (Kurutz). [Kurutz: 215; Rocq: 5103]. Presentation, signed from Leon O. Whitsell, author of "One Hundred Years of Freemasonry in California" to his son (?) Leon J. Whitsell, with his small bookplate..