Joe Pelanconi: 1 book
Quicksilver Mining in Sonoma County
Pine Flat Prospect Fever
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
In the 1870s, a quicksilver mining boom took hold of Sonoma County, California. Claims were staked, and a rowdy camp took shape in Pine Flat as farmers traded plows for picks and miners answered the siren call of cinnabar. In this compelling account, historian Joe Pelanconi relates the development of...
