02160cam a22003251 4500 rc 01000767 DLC 20260227111901.0 cr ||||||||||| 910425s1850 pau 000 0 eng rc 01000767 DLC CarP DLC n-us-ca F865 .B93 Microfilm 01291 reel 249, no. 2 E F865 .B93 Copy 2 Copy 2. Buffum, E. Gould (Edward Gould), 1820-1867. Six months in the gold mines: from a journal of three years' residence in Upper and Lower California. 1847-8-9. By E. Gould Buffum ... Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard, 1850. 2 p.l., [ix]-xxiv, [25]-172 p. 19 cm. American culture series ; 249:2 Edward Gould Buffum (1820-1867), a New York journalist, came to California as an officer in the 7th Regiment of N.Y. Volunteers during the Mexican War. He stayed on to seek gold and edit a California newspaper before returning east to become Paris correspondent of the New York Herald. Six months in the gold mines (1850) is Buffum's vivid account of his regiment's voyage west in 1846 to help secure California for the United States. He describes his discharge from the army in Monterey and his subsequent adventures as a gold seeker, sailing up the Sacramento to reach the Sierra Nevadas above Sutter's Fort. He describes prospecting along the Bear and Yuba Rivers, Weber Creek, and Middle and South Forks of the American River, Foster's Bar, and Weaver's Creek, 1848-1849. He concludes with the story of his work for Alta California in San Francisco and the growth of San Francisco. Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms, 1964. 1 reel. 35mm Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. No known restrictions on publication. California Gold discoveries. Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) Description and travel. Law Political aspects California. calbk 068 t http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.068 51897 51897