The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-12
MARSHALL'S DISCOVERY.
An Account of the Finding of Gold in Cal
ifornia.

L ott IL uOllCo vi tllt btdJu Ol Jdtut6
w. Marshall, who discovered gold in
California. | became acquainted with
Marshall, at Coloma California.
knew him intimately, and was associ-
ated with him in business at that place,
which is on the south fork of the Amer
lean River. Marshall was a native of
New Jersey. Gold was discovered in
February, 1913, by Marshall and an
other man named Wiener. | have for.
gotten Wemer's first name. Marshall
and Wemer built for Colonel Suffer a
saw mill at Coloma, and had finished il
in February, 1913. | am a stakeholder
in a company which now owns that
saw mill. The mill had been erected at
the head of a bar where the river bends
around it in the form of the letter u.
The mill race had been cut through the
bar and when the mill was started il
was found that the race was too shall.
low, and for this reason the wheel OF
the mill was partially under water. The
water was shut of, and Marshall and
Weimer went down into the race ia
ascertain where it was to be dug deep
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ascertain If II u,oro cold This tyas +bo
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