The Sierra citizen., 1854-07-29

the mule and the pieces OF My worldly
estate. After reaching the bar We cleared
away the rocks and camped; rough place,
but the gold was there.
Another party reached the bar before
us, and had the choice Of the ground-
Mamoo and myself had about ten feet Of
the bar up and down the river; we pitched
our camp on Sunday evening, and bright
and early on Monday morning we went
to work. In the piece ofground belonging
to the boy Alfred, gold could be seen in
considerable quantities by moving the
dirt with the loot. Several pieces could
be seen on the top of the ground which
Albert covered up again, as it was Sun
day and he did not wish to begin until
! Alonday-such was the effect of early
| teaching on that colored man. Soon after
| the K.anaka came along and took the taboo
off all the gold he could see. Two Of us
took out seventeen ounces ON Monday,
twenty-four on Tuesday, twenty-nine on
Wednesday, and think on Thursday we
had forty ounces before noon. That night
Mamoo said "dam place worked out, no
more gold, no good" We took out most
of the gold while Mamoo was cooking
breakfast, as much as fourteen ounces at
one pam
I. twas decided that we should go below
after provisions. Eight men started be-
low taking all the mules with them, in
tending to be back in a few days; Jim
Grow went along intending to be back
very shortly. The next time I saw my
brave Jim Grow was at Crow City (?) at
the head of the Canon, accompanied by a
number of Kanakas, in the following spring.
Micky was sitting face to face with him,
asking innumerable questions as to why
he hadn't come back with the mules and
provisions, and when he had discovered
the gold there. Jim never expected to
see us alive in the spring, the scamp
thought we had all frozen TO death or
starved during the winter, and he had
come to take POSSESSION Of our diggings,
accompanied by his swarthy friends. The $
4 lost the trail and brought up atthe head
4 of the Canon, since known as Jim Crows
| When come to the proper part of the
story I will tell you all about it.
4 The boys that went down in the fal
had considerable money; they got ON 9
spree somewhere about the Blue I ent ant
we saw no more of them that winter
There were four of lis. Albert Calias
Charles Wilkins, Michael Diverney ant
your humble servant. We went to worl
and made out very well. After a few
days it began torain, and our eyes woulf
keep wandering to the -four bag rattle,
|, than the goldsack / went down to tbl
Furks to see If could meet. with any On, On
J, from the bars below; but everybody hal
left the North Fork. kept on down t,
look after our party that we expected tt
f return with provisions, and happened t
fall in with John Potter; l told him tn.
, fix was placed in by the company no
returninga One Of the men was sick ant
net able to work, and matters began t
| look serious; the rain kept on and th'
neck of the flour bag grew so long tha
one could tie an overland knot in it,
Potter said he would like to winter III
there if he knew how to get up their pro
visions, that he had partner at Good
years Bar, and they did not know what
was best to do returned to cAmb auG
t Albert was getting worse and had los1
/ the use Of bis legs. Here was dilemma
plenty of gold but no provision, and nc
hopes of getting any,. Calculating how
, many more baking 8 We had Oh hand, ane
trying to lay'in bed all day to save save ths
-four. How we wished for horse Of
e mule for standby! but they too were
gone SSmething had to be dont
add that speedily; and We agreed to take
> john Potter and William Griffith init
!; the company, ana as We had given u5 al
3 hopes Of the other party returning thai
@ fall, we determined to send somebody elst
! below for provisions. It stin rained OF
. and we moved down to the Forks while
:, we could cross theriyer. Potter returned
: asd reported that Mr.. Goodyear wss NO
expected to live but a little while, ahst
y that hehad provisions on the way, and W. ",
: had better all go down to him, as hi.
y brother Andrew had intimated that ht
. would leave the mountains if tie elde1