# Mercury and the Making of California, Vol. 1

By **Andrew Scott Johnston**

- ISBN-13: 9781607324621
- Series: [Mining The American West Ser](https://mybookbandits.com/series/mining-the-american-west-ser)
- Publisher: University Press of Colorado
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 296
- Published: 15 Oct 2015

## About this book

Mercury and the Making of California, Andrew Johnston's multidisciplinary examination of the history and cultural landscapes of California's mercury-mining industry, raises mercury to its rightful place alongside gold and silver in the development of the American West. Gold and silver could not be refined without mercu

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