William Downie writings on gold mining, ca. 1865-1892.
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Galloway, James, fl. 1892.
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Douglas, James, 1803-1877
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Sir James Douglas (1803-1877) worked for the North West Company under Dr. McLauglin at Fort Vancouver and later succeeded him as chief factor. In 1849 he moved to Victoria and served as governor of the Hudson's Bay Company on Vancouver Island until 1859, when he as appointed governor of British Columbia. From the description of Letters, 1839, 1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702127601 James Douglas is a legendary figure in British Columbia, from his fur trade days at For...
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Downie, William, 1819-1894
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Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1819, Downie worked as a sailor before joining the Gold Rush in San Francisco in 1849. He mined near Sacramento and along the Yuba River in California, in British Columbia (where he also studied the Canadian Indians and made reports about the topography of the land around the Skeena River), and in Panama. He founded the California town of Downieville. A volume of his reminiscences, Hunting for Gold, was published in 1893, by the California Publishing Company in San F...
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Bulkeley, Elijah, 1766-1842
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Robson, John Gair, approximately 1885-1957
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