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Nevada County, California (PH 1-19)(1926) (19 pages)
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ARROW NO. 1—-WHERE THE FIRST GOLD BEARING QUARTZ LEDGE WAS DISCOVERED
ARROW NO, 2—WHERE THE FIRST QUARTZ MILL WAS BUILT
a nugget was found that weighed twenty-one pounds ay several THE ORIGIN OF DRIFT MINING
from five to fifteen pounds. . hope they won't find the fountain anuary 12, 185 a : Cee Fae
head until I have turned my gold into some kind of property. pins nen Nice CINE ene jee eet
lave tocoyote to get the dirt. e “
A GOOD WEEK'S WORK dollars a dave the mee See ae ering binges
October 27, 1850. We have had a great week. There is a streak pote Coyoting was a local descriptive term of the method
up through the middle of our flat that is lousy with gold. We © Mining which was later called drift mining.)
took out one hundred and eleven ounces and only worked a THE EARLY DAY DANCE
small portion of what we uncovered, z *
anuary 26, 1851, ‘There was a lively time over at Selby Flat
= ATS Wednesday night. The landlord gave a ball at the hotel. All
THE FUTURE OF CALIFORNIA the women were there—seven of them, and about two hundred
November 17, 1850. After dividing with Anderson I have got men. They had a fiddler-—Mart Simonson—one of the best I
over two thousand dollars on hand and will send it to Dad next — ever heard. It was great sport for a while, but towards morning
week. Pard says . would do better to buy land in California, but — some of the men got too much gin aboard and a quarrel started
that’s foolishness. The gold will all be dug out after a while, about the right to dance with one of the Missouri girls. Pistols
and after that I don’t sce what there is in this country for were drawn, the lights put out, at least a hundred shots fired;
anyone.
but funny enough, only one man was hurt—Sam Creeley, who