Mother Lode Country. Geologic Guidebook Along Highway 49 - Sierran Gold Belt.

San Francisco: California Division of Mines, 1948 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Oblong octavo. 164pp. Extensively illustrated with photographs and maps. Tan cloth. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, light shelfwear to covers. Overall, a fine copy. Discovery of Gold, History of Placer Mining, Mining & Milling Methods in California, Geologic Maps and Notes, Survey of Building Structures of the Sierran Gold Belt, etc. Includes a multitude of photographs of original building structures in stone, adobe, etc. within various gold area towns: Mokelumne Hill, French Corral, Mariposa, Mt. Ophir, Bear Valley, Coulterville, Big Oak Flat, Chinese Camp, and many, many others..