The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
WAY from California mad At tho whole sta,a.

up tho river to Sacramento, and then camo nell
hiel seventy miles across the country To the
S SrSf' and f iSSerers ol stSTteS iior merchant sSa 5,ss;, lSw.
c eaisfs VI we're Sy worth a. had bs sSpG T. up fs1bG SSSS <
1880 sh9yels, hoes, d~ishpaps fused for wash.
Ing IN, ths gold were sold for almost their weight
sps1r = boots n f% ,fstz e ies ss SIS, i ana, After sGp sad
tsSc disgInEs for four fU OUNCES sss% o, IN Roi Sspi Worth ns4 sh;o %s
Sla an ounce. Why, thore wcre no men left to
s'ai SeUs1 II March MARCH, s SnS T XpTil, tG is Rispip sSo STAN.
R SoS s os siEtlSS, aS men on began from the East;
to gel. down to San Francisco; then two months
more Tor IL to got to New York, and six months
1 sIpr inc ~ ETasterners to put much faith in tho rosy
N travelling to the Eastern States, and when
mail across the lsthmus, The whole East became
excited. One of tho conservative newspapers In
who, employed Indians to shake the pan or
handle the rocker for him Mt u dollar o minute.
GUS army officers stationed In California. Horace
Srceiey indorsed them in the Tribune, predict,
t to tho fS " %orId's OF sto q eh in fo11r v millions sna OF aas sG,d
that In New. York bakers cannot supply tho de-
mand for ship bread nor hardwareimen the de,
shoyels:' Dprins that winter OF '1ssis.4o whole
R HeSts St P fah,iilinS Sh,Rs ISt SS1 fran RnIti SSw Y SeM
Orleans and Charleston for the land Of gold.
The. Pacific Mail Steamship Company was es-
ers were built forthwith. In tho spring OF 1910
soooo persons-men, women and children
overland Journey Of 700 miles across the plains,
and 10000 people were waiting at San Francisco
"All that you have ever read about tho excite
ment that attended tho influx Of tens of thou.
sands Of Americans into California in 1s49 and
1880 was not exaggerated. No ono has any idea,
until he has, seen 1t. what privations and suffer
ing men will endure when they are wild to get
my recollections Of those days are real or merely
dreams. 1t all seems SO unreal now.
were the very first in gold washing on the
American Riveri Why. got out ten ounces of
fourteen ounces one day. That was when gold
sold for $14.5o an ounce. But we were SO liter-
n made 'o ouP monsS that ~ n nos o sss In G Sftg OF Tn ms could Ma
settle down to mining in one spot: There wc1o
t foM,S nd .o Of liars "a among , o. x the miners mnTS 4, and . r one
locality than he would hear how some fellows
SIsFs sPi 81 inffS up gpo HSa ao9a nTsgsets s, or f S%h9;oP ming, of ar
TO And these spots, IT seems almost incompre,
gold. We believed that the great mountains
first on the scene, could dig it out at 81 an
ounce all the reot OF our lives. Why. many a time
wash out six or seven ounces each OF gold in a
day, and 60 off for a weeks tamhoree In some
snodE Sfngni for wP poor 40 Sog gHs ' MEM Of r fsa' t %a
would 20 down TO Frisco for a good time. and
when We came ,66a,ssk s the tpd place wi where s we % h n,.,
of gold. II some of us who knew the geography
Of FL Dorado county fairly well before Marshall
Si9soT tho same anss n as SUCH ssSiA men 9G as Fair. Mackay
and Senator Bill Stewart did when they came
that's the only word for it,,at the way we mad.
RRonsy ono ana n %e a "A Mor@ rSone1 who 's did A SICK i
business. He came In July. 1sts. and when h
GGni ty he out ha an l over as 300 Te go 'a to his is credit Sssi i in
, San Francisco bank rs tho result of his own indi
. seem many meu get Ave ounces Of gold in a day
: and there were hundreds OF them who used I,
Tssh out "na four ,sl Sunc to Z day 4. 1S Tee ok , 81 q ,im 8ss !
from $40 to Sl5 an ounce: knew Of a mer
l lad. who was cabin boy on a vessel to San FraT
! was working on the Feather River In ls4s. ant
!. he got twenty-five OUNCES Of gold IN one da
t wages i ever actually knew of; 4 party q
3 three young men. all Just out Of COLLEGE. cam
. States Senator Foote was among them. The
3 fssa m seasS. i sna nneS So ,h ahey sV WORKED Pai'a al the time
They went back in the summer OF 1850 wit
about the docks when they sailed away wit
: their NeT S York ss exen nf 2 M I in t as tbs pq Sasd&a,e
It Of the Tuoiumnc. near where the present tow
2 Of sonora stands. Here a miner with two Put
d In tna 4 das: :1 sno GSs !S aiisd pse towel oVaie With Il gold n H.
5 morning, then sold his claim to a neiGhbor., WI
y took ;s out si Gtsy;t oN3 + hounds ons s OF G %ofe IN Rol s'f IN sa aaE,
: ih hsar nS s sSSaS s fhfns: Wiz VIM; yanas,y. isas; can !
. colds, and, dysentery; Mining became aifac !,
+ and the tide OF travel set downward toward Il
y emp TTiny lot; But each man had Ms bag
II dust w%herewith to enjoy the destinations Gin, ipn.s
Is their methods had been primitive. The min
had probably, yielded that season abo.
i s soeEeG Of cradle IL. and and to be divided among 100!
! men: The knife was used to pEy gold out OF Il
4 @sSe Of Or Tin sF or sseet In rom 1he and rGe Wa. 4 i to ] bf inch
OF high by 10 to II inches wide at the bottom
=, y was filled With dirt; Lowered an Into r the waf @ot IL
Rs away until there was G nothing a ie5t IN pe ths pan we g
OF baby's cradle, set on rockers; y was in SHAPE
% iSDS snd tfUusiG inches high. This was hilcd vi
&c, dirt and a steady stream q water Kept noWl
ed COARSE eor gold settled at the bottom and the fl
no gold Ions f IN YsSl On sa% nn B hPs9sa esan to be a syy.o
l attic business IroposdititGhm on WITH a o nGrd he,
Then about all the miners who had me ID "a a
-, saved some money found a way 70 blow In In p
rk iHihaye seen thousands OF ounces Of gold d,
N and little nuggets r. to th no Eent table' ao III
% weTs oT Fsr0;s 900. &c s@'e eSnSiefs f n 'Fri seo't alone
1851. The population there was about 25.0tt
M. "You want to hear. do you. about, what NJ
la sbaIi did after the tens OF thousands OF peo
W from all over ths world began sSia ter e RoSMf Main. In "a
-. troubles began with the very first stampede
L. gold seekers. lie cursed Mrs; WS Mn nro,o ana
he ri9hts. While the rest of us Joined In digG
and washing gold, Mar gntI s Nyor2 ana man grow on
aid sccne nav him a dollar for his discovery. ]
orc when the throngs increased he seldom got a
ok. lar, and then only from a good'naturea ~ y
ms. He claimed that he ind Suffer owned the u
on which the miners came and got theiT g
sortion that the miners had trespas
,ty. upon Suffers and MarshalIs acres N
,ier l precious little for legal rights In til
by 6ays. and there was neithor United states
aad Mes1ican law in California from some time
: in is47 until the summer rnnSr Of or l 81 Si, whSn as .h C 81 81
4 at WVarshoii became dislikcd or his bclligcreI
ted C. and hc was n continual ia b di,IIHte s,c and q sHrI
Nth nhysical punishment from u camp, Of reckl
per- Intoxicated miners whom he had thrcate
,Ln,a q "A nf thHiF nnETnt