Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-06-21
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Captain Suffers Account of the
Discovery of the Gold Region.

Captain Suffers Account of the
Discovery of the Gold Region.
This account is extracted from work
Just published in England which purports
to be the dairy of Dr. ]. r. Brooks, an
Englishman, who spent four months in the
Gold Region.
81 was sitting one afternoon" said the
Captain, lust after my siesta, engaged,
by the by, In writing letter to a relation
OF NINE at l4ucerne, when | was interrupt.
cd by Mr.. MarshalI-a gentleman with
whom | had frequent business transactions
bursting hurrledly iEto the room. From
the unusual agitation in his manner, inn
sgned that something serious had occurred
and, as we Involuntary do in this part of
the world, at once glanced 10 900 - ny
rifle was in its proper place. You should
know, that the mere appearance OF MIR.
Marshal at that moment in the Fort was
quite enough to surprise me, as he had but
two days before left the place to make some
alterations in mill for saving pine planks,
which he had just run up for me, some
eight miles higher up the Amerlcanos.-
When he had recovered himself little, he
told me that, however great my surprise
might be at his unexpected Temperance,
it would be much greater when heard the
Intelligence he had come to bring me
Intelligence" he added, (Which if prop
erly profted by, would put both Of us in pos
session. of unheard of wealth-millons on
millions of dollars, in fact. frankly own,
Ehen heard this, that | thought something
had touched MarshalPs brain, when sud-
denly all my misgivings were put an end to
bybis hinging on the table handful of
scales Of pure virgin gold l was fairly
tbunderstruck, and asked him to explain
what all this meant, when he went on to
say that, according to my instructions, he
mad thrown the mil-wheel out of gear, to
let the whole body of the water in the dam
find passage throug the tai-race, which
was previously too narrow to allow the wa
ter to run off in sufficient quantity. where
by the wheel was prevented from efficiently
performing its work. By this alteration the
narrow channel was considerably enlarged
and a mass of sand and gravel carried Of
by the force of the torrent.
EARLY in the morning after this tool
place, he, (Mr. MarshaID was walking a
long the left bank Of the stream, when h
perceived something which he at first tool
D. for a piece of opal-a Gear Transparent
~>Gpe, very common here-gllsteniLg o
nsG, the spots laid bare by the sudde
away Of the bank, He paid n
ri0;nhis; but while he was giviA
GOV uownS $50 fsprkmen, having observe
you Ned opg fragments, his CT
to bend T mH Saot ! ~ mysg. up. -
pisces, and de esH 10 plesske g me- e.,
tor'ner on, another glitterng p,0.o ~ vi
y eye-the largest of the Dice "a. W.
.O's you condesended to pic IS !; nov
80 my astonlshment found that if W.T. ~ up
sGale OF what appears to be pure was as, a
ne then gathered some twentv u g'lo
similar pieces, which OH exami1st i,
TInced him that his suppositions ' ~nc.
Mis- hrst impression was that ,L; were 7
ceen lost or buried there bv SONS 'n,o soII
ulan trlbe-perhaps some of those mrS
Gus inhabitants of the West. of wbo9s'
nave no account, but who dwelt on tb;s
thent, centuries ago. and built tbosa -
ana temples, the ruins of which aro " "
1ered about these solitary wilds On On
ceedlng' however, to examine tbo no;.h
ing soil, he discovered that il was M M
pr less aurlferous. This at once decid
MN. lie mounted his horse. and rode deC Jo
S 70 me as last as it would carry him with