Nathaniel had continued leading his trading party north on the trail along the edge of the mountains. They traded cows and supplies as they went. Everywhere they went, men wanted meat and other supplies. Caleb was beginning to understand the full nature of the gold fields. Nathaniel had convinced Caleb they should charge ten ounces of gold per steer. Caleb had been against it at first, thinking it was too much, but everywhere they traveled, they sold cows and other food at prices beyond what seemed reasonable to charge, just as Lu had predicted. Gold seemed plentiful to some of the hardworking placer miners. Other groups would go together and pool their resources in order to get supplies and then split them up.

I have finished scanning the entire book "Placer Examination - Principles and Practice" - a BLM publication:

Placer Examination - Principles and Practice with Glossary of Placers Terms

I Finally finished integrating the USGS mines place name coordinate database into Western Mining History. You can see the result here:

Database of Mines

I have setup a Facebook fan page here:

Click here to visit the Western Mining History fan page at Facebook

Town profiles have been added for Belmont, Nevada; Dayton, Nevada; Gold Hill, Nevada; Gold Hill, Nevada; Silver City, Nevada; Bodie, California

Town profiles have been added for Jarbidge, Nevada, Bourne, Oregon, Canyon City, Oregon, Cornucopia, Oregon, Granite, Oregon, Greenhorn City, Oregon

Town profiles have been added for Chloride, New Mexico, Hillsboro, New Mexico, Kelly, New Mexico, Kingston, New Mexico, Los Cerrillos, New Mexico, Madrid, New Mexico, Pinos Altos, New Mexico, Silver City, New Mexico

Since our last update, town profiles have been added for Clifton, Arizona; Jerome, Arizona; Oatman, Arizona; Ballarat, California; Calico, California; Cerro Gordo, California; Darwin, California

Town profiles have been added for Berlin, Nevada; Goodsprings, Nevada; Ione, Nevada; Pioche, Nevada.

Town profiles have been added for Silver City, Idaho; Cokedale, Colorado; Durango, Colorado; Rico, Colorado; Trinidad, Colorado; Victor, Colorado.

Today marks the launch of the completely redesigned and greatly improved Western Mining History.