A Hundred Years of Rip and Roarin Rough and Ready By Andy Rogers (1952)(Hathitrust) (117 pages)

where the corners were. The lew allowing so small mining claims, caused lots of claim jumping fights and over-crowding. Now 1950, one hundred years after, there's just as much gold still in them thar hills, and one hundred to ten thousand feet in the bowels of the earth. All you need Is to dig and dig Take time for a swig in dreams you trust To find gold dust Find a whopper Then put on your topper. It is said in print that David Douglas, a Scottish botanist, was responsible for the first discovery of gold in California. The discovery actually was made 5500 miles away in England, when flakes of gold were found in the roots of plants collected by Douglas in California, in 1831. The impression is that a ledge leaning westerly dip, are richer than dipping easterly. ; The Iron Clad Mine, about one and a half miles below Rough and Ready, worked in early days. O11 used for power until oil wagon with four horses went off the grade. A barn was torn down and the lumber was used for fuel. Water trouble which nowadays could be easily handled. A shaft 100 feet ran one way and 90 feet another. One man held the sack while another man picked off the gold and put it in the sack. 120.00 gathered in one day in this old fashion way. LADY LUCK WITH CALIFORNIA'S EARLY BIRD ——~ NUGGETS Gold flakes in movement of the gold pan and the cradle, shown up after the pay dirt is shifted out and remained in the black sand, paid dividends to the miners. Gold nuggets kicked up and rained down the streams paid fortunes--worth mentioning are some of these precious nuggets, both in color, shape, and value. Grass Valley Mines have had some very, very veautiful and most valuable nuggets. One hundred ninety-five nuggets were taken from a mine at Carson Hill in 1854, worth more than $43,000.00. In 1848, a thirsty miner wandered along the banks of Moklelume River, looking for a convenient place at which to drink. He finally found a@ place, stooped down and was about to quench his thirst, when he saw the glitter on the river bottom. Reaching down, he brought it out, and found it was a twentyfive pound nugget. One miner happened to drop a nugget in the creek bottom, and in looking for it, found a much larger hunk of gold. In 1851, hundreds of miners daily walked the trail. A miner passing by on it found a fifty pound nugget worth $8,500.00 a foot below the path. While digging a grave, the rock when crushed and melted, yielded $22,270.00 at Camp Corona. In 1856, a pauper found a nugget worth $14,000.00. He went to San Francisco and spent $5,000.00 in a weeks time, broke again in less than two weeks he went to Dutch Flat diggings. While washing his hands in a stream, he found in the creek bottom, another nugget, one with white quartz in gold shaped, and the size of a baby's head. He sold it for y12,500.00 Google 17 and after another three weeks carousel, went to the poor house. Found at Downeville, a nugget by G.G. Fimiy, 1856, in the form of dumb bells. In 1851, a resident of Sonora went for a walk on the outskirts of town. He stubbed his toe on a rock. He turned around and kicked it, and as it rolled away, he say it to be a gleaming nugget. He took it to town and sold it for $500.00. Another resident of Sonora, after a rainstorm, bent over to remove a large rock from the roadway, and found it to be a 35 pound nugget. In 1853, a strange nugget formed as a perfect image of a human being was found. It weighed eight ounces. The legs and feet were almost perfect, while the left hand which possessed four fingers, layed on the breast, the right arm hanging down at the side, and the head standing erect, making the whole form dignified. Grass Valley's gold rush and discovery was from a nugget kicked up by a cow. Gold is still producing, but this cow ain't. A tramp blew in with a sack on his back, containing $15,000.00 in gold. At Moore's Flat, two poor ignorant Chinamen, who had never made over two dollars a day at mining, were working an abandoned claim, found a 24 pound nugget, worth over $30,000.00. It had been kicked about and overlooked by many white miners who had worked the claim before. Carson City, Nevada. Largest nugget 2,340 ounces Value $77,220.00. LADY LUCK The pigtails Had to be contented to work old places and claims already thought to have been worked out by the whites. At Oschelo Ravine, close to Rough and Ready, had $42,000.00 in gold taken out every 100 feet in length of the Ravine. Specified Constitution, "Prior to the ninth day of September, 1850. They are admitted to the Society of Territorial Pioneers." This narrator's father, Ben Rogers, and his wagon train, were members of this pioneer society. The Casserly eleven pound nugget at Grass Valley, valued at 35,000.00. How mich today? Then cut in half the saw dust worth money. It was located by the help of a sixteen year old girl. ~ From a diary of a traveler and prospector: “The following day I made Rough and Ready, then a flourishing camp, and stayed there overnight at a hotel. At that time there was a population of several hundred miners. The gold of that region around Rough and Ready was famed for its beautiful color. I never in my life, in a miner's camp, saw a handsomer or greater display of gold than was piled up on the gambling tables there. Saloons and gambling houses lined both sides of the road. In the hey days if you missed one hole you found another, rich in gold. Two miners uncovered a rich spot and marked it off. One told a friend and they worked out the gold. The real owner cussed and swore, saying, “I'll have a topper, a gold cane, and gold from a new find when you claimjumpers will be down and out.” Some time ‘. later, the old timer came into a saloon, ‘all togged out with a topper, gold cane, hardboiled shirt, a huge nugget in his tie, and a bag full of gold, claiming to have a $10,000.00 find. at the bar stood his two slickers, broke; walking up to the bar along

where the corners were. The lew allowing so small mining claims, caused lots of claim jumping fights and over-crowding. Now 1950, one hundred years after, there's just as much gold still in them thar hills, and one hundred to ten thousand feet in the bowels of the earth. All you need Is to dig and dig Take time for a swig in dreams you trust To find gold dust Find a whopper Then put on your topper. It is said in print that David Douglas, a Scottish botanist, was responsible for the first discovery of gold in California. The discovery actually was made 5500 miles away in England, when flakes of gold were found in the roots of plants collected by Douglas in California, in 1831. The impression is that a ledge leaning westerly dip, are richer than dipping easterly. ; The Iron Clad Mine, about one and a half miles below Rough and Ready, worked in early days. O11 used for power until oil wagon with four horses went off the grade. A barn was torn down and the lumber was used for fuel. Water trouble which nowadays could be easily handled. A shaft 100 feet ran one way and 90 feet another. One man held the sack while another man picked off the gold and put it in the sack. 120.00 gathered in one day in this old fashion way. LADY LUCK WITH CALIFORNIA'S EARLY BIRD ——~ NUGGETS Gold flakes in movement of the gold pan and the cradle, shown up after the pay dirt is shifted out and remained in the black sand, paid dividends to the miners. Gold nuggets kicked up and rained down the streams paid fortunes--worth mentioning are some of these precious nuggets, both in color, shape, and value. Grass Valley Mines have had some very, very veautiful and most valuable nuggets. One hundred ninety-five nuggets were taken from a mine at Carson Hill in 1854, worth more than $43,000.00. In 1848, a thirsty miner wandered along the banks of Moklelume River, looking for a convenient place at which to drink. He finally found a@ place, stooped down and was about to quench his thirst, when he saw the glitter on the river bottom. Reaching down, he brought it out, and found it was a twentyfive pound nugget. One miner happened to drop a nugget in the creek bottom, and in looking for it, found a much larger hunk of gold. In 1851, hundreds of miners daily walked the trail. A miner passing by on it found a fifty pound nugget worth $8,500.00 a foot below the path. While digging a grave, the rock when crushed and melted, yielded $22,270.00 at Camp Corona. In 1856, a pauper found a nugget worth $14,000.00. He went to San Francisco and spent $5,000.00 in a weeks time, broke again in less than two weeks he went to Dutch Flat diggings. While washing his hands in a stream, he found in the creek bottom, another nugget, one with white quartz in gold shaped, and the size of a baby's head. He sold it for y12,500.00 Google 17

and after another three weeks carousel, went to the poor house. Found at Downeville, a nugget by G.G. Fimiy, 1856, in the form of dumb bells. In 1851, a resident of Sonora went for a walk on the outskirts of town. He stubbed his toe on a rock. He turned around and kicked it, and as it rolled away, he say it to be a gleaming nugget. He took it to town and sold it for $500.00. Another resident of Sonora, after a rainstorm, bent over to remove a large rock from the roadway, and found it to be a 35 pound nugget. In 1853, a strange nugget formed as a perfect image of a human being was found. It weighed eight ounces. The legs and feet were almost perfect, while the left hand which possessed four fingers, layed on the breast, the right arm hanging down at the side, and the head standing erect, making the whole form dignified. Grass Valley's gold rush and discovery was from a nugget kicked up by a cow. Gold is still producing, but this cow ain't. A tramp blew in with a sack on his back, containing $15,000.00 in gold. At Moore's Flat, two poor ignorant Chinamen, who had never made over two dollars a day at mining, were working an abandoned claim, found a 24 pound nugget, worth over $30,000.00. It had been kicked about and overlooked by many white miners who had worked the claim before. Carson City, Nevada. Largest nugget 2,340 ounces Value $77,220.00. LADY LUCK The pigtails Had to be contented to work old places and claims already thought to have been worked out by the whites. At Oschelo Ravine, close to Rough and Ready, had $42,000.00 in gold taken out every 100 feet in length of the Ravine. Specified Constitution, "Prior to the ninth day of September, 1850. They are admitted to the Society of Territorial Pioneers." This narrator's father, Ben Rogers, and his wagon train, were members of this pioneer society. The Casserly eleven pound nugget at Grass Valley, valued at 35,000.00. How mich today? Then cut in half the saw dust worth money. It was located by the help of a sixteen year old girl. ~ From a diary of a traveler and prospector: “The following day I made Rough and Ready, then a flourishing camp, and stayed there overnight at a hotel. At that time there was a population of several hundred miners. The gold of that region around Rough and Ready was famed for its beautiful color. I never in my life, in a miner's camp, saw a handsomer or greater display of gold than was piled up on the gambling tables there. Saloons and gambling houses lined both sides of the road. In the hey days if you missed one hole you found another, rich in gold. Two miners uncovered a rich spot and marked it off. One told a friend and they worked out the gold. The real owner cussed and swore, saying, “I'll have a topper, a gold cane, and gold from a new find when you claimjumpers will be down and out.” Some time ‘. later, the old timer came into a saloon, ‘all togged out with a topper, gold cane, hardboiled shirt, a huge nugget in his tie, and a bag full of gold, claiming to have a $10,000.00 find. at the bar stood his two slickers, broke; walking up to the bar along