[iv], 11-452 pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece portrait. (8vo) 8½x5¾, original red cloth stamped in black. First Edition.

Includes Carr's overland adventures from Peoria, IL, to Hangtown, CA, via Forts Leavenworth, Laramie, Bridger, and Salt Lake City, as well as his experiences in the northern mines, with good accounts of Weaverville and the Chinese War of 1854. Kurutz notes that several bibliographers "regard Carr's lengthy recollections as one of the most important accounts of mining in the Trinity County region." Cowan p.106; Graff 590; Howes C167; Kurutz 118a; Rocq 2065; Wheat Gold Rush 35.