What I'd really like to find are online copies of the John A. Stone songbooks. Seems like somebody should have them. Click here for a list of California Songsters Published Between 1850 and 1892. As you can see, many songsters were published during the period - but John A. Stone's two books are by far the most famous ones.

I thought he published more, but as far as I can see, there are only two John A. Stone Songsters:

Put's original California songster : giving in a few words what would occupy volumes, detailing the hopes, trials and joys of a miner's life. 4th ed., 18th thousand Publisher : San Francisco : D.E. Appleton, 1868. 64 pages. (apparently, the California State Library does not have a first edition)

Put's golden songster : containing the largest and most popular collection of California songs ever published / by the author of "Put's original California songster. San Francisco : D.E. Appleton & co., c1858. 64 pages.

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Here's another one I'd like to investigate. The author is listed as Appleton (Stone's publisher), but some citations seem to attribute it to Stone:

The Pacific song book: containing all the songs of the Pacific coast and California
Author(s): Appleton, David Emble.
Publication: San Francisco,
Year: 1861
Description: 1 v. (various pagings) 14 cm.