Gold DaysPowell Publishing Company, 1919 - 381 strani |
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Stran 36
... fifty dollars ' worth the men did not dare say a word lest the joke be found out . Their chief dis- appointment seems to have been that they lost their liquor . " I went in the race , " related Sutter , " and picked up several pieces of ...
... fifty dollars ' worth the men did not dare say a word lest the joke be found out . Their chief dis- appointment seems to have been that they lost their liquor . " I went in the race , " related Sutter , " and picked up several pieces of ...
Stran 37
... fifty cents . " For nearly thirty years the date was accepted as January 19 , but there were many discrepancies in the documents tending to discredit this date . Marshall said in his statement elsewhere that four days after the [ 37 ] ...
... fifty cents . " For nearly thirty years the date was accepted as January 19 , but there were many discrepancies in the documents tending to discredit this date . Marshall said in his statement elsewhere that four days after the [ 37 ] ...
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... fifty cents and was a small thin piece worn smooth by water action in the bed of the river . No gold taken from a stream bed would be apt to have rough corrugated surfaces , for such pieces of gold are found only in the higher gravel ...
... fifty cents and was a small thin piece worn smooth by water action in the bed of the river . No gold taken from a stream bed would be apt to have rough corrugated surfaces , for such pieces of gold are found only in the higher gravel ...
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... fifty cents , whereas Mrs. Weimer's piece was equal to five dollars and twelve cents . It is safe to con- clude that the destiny of this first piece is lost to history . " Fortunately the statement made by Bancroft is not final , for ...
... fifty cents , whereas Mrs. Weimer's piece was equal to five dollars and twelve cents . It is safe to con- clude that the destiny of this first piece is lost to history . " Fortunately the statement made by Bancroft is not final , for ...
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... fifty square miles . One of the older chiefs , we are told by Kemble , did not hesitate to warn his white friends that the yellow metal they were so eagerly seek- ing was very " bad medicine " ; that his ancestors had known about it ...
... fifty square miles . One of the older chiefs , we are told by Kemble , did not hesitate to warn his white friends that the yellow metal they were so eagerly seek- ing was very " bad medicine " ; that his ancestors had known about it ...
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alcalde American Fork American River appeared arrived banks Bayard Taylor became beds Benicia Bigler buildings Cali California cañons claims Coloma Congress county seat Creek deposits diggings dirt discovered district dollars early established Eureka Feather River feet fifty fire fornia gambling Gold Days gold discovery gold dust gold fields gold region gold-bearing Governor hills houses hundred hydraulic mining Indians known labor land later laws located lots Marshall Mason ment Mexican miles mill miners mining camps Monterey months Mormon mountain Neocene operation ounces particles piece of gold placer mining population quartz quartz veins race Ranch ravines rich rock rocker Sacramento River San Francisco sand shovel side Sierra Nevada sluice Sonoma soon South Fork stream streets Sutter's Fort Sutter's mill tents thousand tion told town Valley vessels visited washed weeks Wimmer Yuba Yuba River
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Stran 182 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States...
Stran 181 - In actions respecting mining claims, proof must be admitted of the customs, usages, or regulations established and in force at the bar or diggings embracing such claim; and such customs, usages, or regulations, when not in conflict with the laws of this state, must govern the decision of the action.
Stran 61 - The whole country from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and from the seashore to the base of the Sierra Nevada, resounds with the sordid cry of Gold ! Gold ! Gold...
Stran 331 - The discovery of these vast deposits of gold has entirely changed the character of Upper California. Its people, before engaged in cultivating their small patches of ground, and guarding their herds of cattle and horses, have all gone to the mines, or are on their way thither. Laborers of every trade have left their work benches, and tradesmen their shops. Sailors desert their ships as fast as they arrive on the coast, and several vessels have gone to sea with hardly enough hands to spread a sail.
Stran 63 - Lanman, and myself form a mess; we have a house and all the table furniture and culinary apparatus requisite; but our servants have run, one after another, till we are almost in despair: even Sambo, who we thought would stick by from laziness if no other cause, ran last night; and this morning, for the fortieth time, we had to take to the kitchen, and cook our own breakfast. A general of the United States Army, the commander of a man-of-war, and the Alcalde of Monterey in a smoking kitchen, grinding...
Stran 63 - My messenger, sent to the mines, has returned with specimens of the gold; he dismounted in a sea [62] of upturned faces. As he drew forth the yellow lumps from his pockets, and passed them around among the eager crowd, the doubts, which had lingered till now, fled. All admitted they were gold, except one old man, who still persisted they were some Yankee invention, got up to reconcile the people to the change of flag.
Stran 59 - Great country, fine climate ; visit this great valley, we would advise all who have not yet done so. See it now. Full-flowing streams, mighty timber, large crops, luxuriant clover, fragrant flowers, gold and silver.
Stran 182 - ... free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States and those who have declared their intention to become such, under regulations prescribed by law, and according to the local customs or rules of miners in the several mining districts, so far as the same are applicable and not inconsistent with the laws of the United States.
Stran 1 - Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California...
Stran 6 - Peru; but nevertheless, the soil about Puerto Seguro, and very likely in most of the valleys, is a rich, black mould, which as you turn it fresh up to the sun appears as if intermingled with gold dust, some of which we endeavored to wash and purify from the dirt...