Excerpt from Geologic Guidebook Along Highway 49, Sierran Gold Belt: The Mother Lode CountryIn order to orient the reader as to the nature of the Sierra Nevada and the place it occupies in relation to history, civilization, and eco momies, several special articles have been contributed by various authors.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.