The Newtown bee., 1905-02-17
To California h 'A.
INTERESTING STORY FROM THE DIARY OF
 GLOVER HAWLEY,
Brought Out In a Vivid Way By the Pen of B. L.
 Johnson.
Photograph by Rev H. K. Job.

May p. We conclude to move to this place, and join with the whole eight we two making in all 10. We leave after breakfast and get home at 3 p. m., and begin to pack our plunder up the hill. We begin with the quick silver machine. A hard lug.
 May 23. Start at 8 a. m., up the hill with another back load, with Neafie. After arriving at the top l take 40 pounds and start for Oak Bar. Leave Neatie to pack another load up the hill and then go to Foster Bar for mules and freight. get in about sunset, about 15 miles.
 May A. Quite cool after the thunder shower yesterday. I fix a place for the tent, etc. May 25. I work on the machine and get or ounces. Neafie gets in at noon with our machine and luggage. Blakeman sets out for San Francisco.
 Sunday, May 26. All hands fix up arbor to cook and eat in.
 May 27. To-day we work off top dirt W1Uu DOUl AdSuldCO dIu SCU dOOuU OllC pound of amalgam. We all mess together.
 May 28. We all work same as yester- day and get about the same amount of dust, the water being too high to do much.
 May 29. The water to-day is still higher than yesterday, and we give up work entirely. We retort the two last days work, amounting to S217. Com pany paid for packing from Foster Bar $3175.
 May 30. No work done this day.
 May 31.
 June l. Nothing done at mining this day. We build raft to cross the river. The first man who tried to go over on it got into the rapids, lost the raft, and came near being drowned.
 Sunday, June 2. We learn that on the mountains the snow is still very deep, and if so the prospect for the river falling soon is not very good What cannot be cured must be en- l dured.
 June B.. To-day we build an oven. June f. The water is no lower but we go to work on the lower end of the bar and get about $75 with the machine and perhaps one ounce of gold dust with the rocker. We buy hind quar- ter of an OK at 60 cents pound and + pounds of liver at 50 cents pound S114
 June 5. We get out to work before sunrise.
 | June 6.
 June '.
 June 8. Retorted S60.75. Blackma1 gets in from San Francisco. We us' the machine two or three times an( get one and One-half ounces of anal gam. Blackman reports the Indian very troublesome between this plac' and Foster Bar. Some white men hae been killed. Blackman got two paper for me.
 Sunday, June 9. The river is highe this morning than ever. June 10. To-day we have genera recon. Work the machine awhile an get about S1O. Afternoon retor Sl405 50.
 ; June II. We start both machine and get nine ounces. River begins t fall.
 June 12. To-day is quite cool wit some mist and rain. We work Onl . until noon and get five ounces. Aftel noon too wet.
 June 13 This morning the river lower by one foot than last Tuesda, Machines take out nine ounces ( amalgam; rocker S975 of dust. smart shower in the night.
 June 14. To-day is uncomfortab and with some slight showers. W get Il ounces of amalgam. Afternoc and evening the showers continue. o the whole, it is the coldest day l hay seen this year, not excepting Janual
 and February.
 June 15. We work both machin
 and get five and one-halt ounces amalgam. Clear and cool. Sunday, June 1c. We retort S416.e '' being last weeks work. We pay Blac
 man Company dues, $43.29, and recei
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