Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction 1
4. CHAPTER 1 Before Property 19
5. CHAPTER 2 Powerless Judges and Discharged Soldiers 35
6. CHAPTER 3 Indian Miners 50
7. CHAPTER 4 The Mining Codes 62
8. CHAPTER 5 Resolving Disputes 84
9. CHAPTER 6 Cooperation and Conflict with Mining Companies 102
10. CHAPTER 7 Lynch Trials and Frontier Criminal Law 123
11. CHAPTER 8 Trial by Judge Lynch 147
12. CHAPTER 9 Whipping, Branding, and Hanging 169
13. CHAPTER 10 The End of the Hangtown Oak 192
14. CHAPTER 11 Massacring Indians and Ejecting Spanish Speakers 208
15. CHAPTER 12 Outside Capital and the End of the Gold Rush 242
16. Conclusion 259
17. NOTES 265
18. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 321
19. INDEX 323