Gold Days

alcalde American Fork American River appeared arrived banks Bayard Taylor became beds Benicia Bigler buildings Cali California cañons Captain Sutter claims Coloma Congress county seat Creek deposits diggings dirt discovered district dollars early established Eureka Feather River feet fifty fire fornia Gold Days gold discovery gold dust gold fields gold region gold-bearing hills houses hundred hydraulic mining Indians known labor land later laws LIBRARIES STANFORD UNIVERSITY located lots Marshall Mason Mexican miles mill miners mining camps Monterey months Mormon mountain Neocene operation ounces particles piece of gold placer mining population quartz race Ranch ravines rich rock Sacramento River San Francisco sand shovel side Sierra Nevada sluice soon South Fork STANFORD UNIVERSITY STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES stream streets Sutter's Fort Sutter's mill tents thousand tion told town Valley vessels visited washed weeks Wimmer Yuba