The Newtown bee., 1905-02-03
To California Iu '49. INTERESTING ST R Y FROM THE DIARY OF GLOVER HAWLEY, Brought Out In a Vivid Way By he Pen of B. l..
 Johnson.

much. I find but little to encourage us in this place and but little is doing
 April IT, start with MT Howes, up to the Slater bar, this morning. Give Neafe a vomit to take after l am gone. Our way is over very high country, the timber improving in size and height at every mile. We get in before night 10 miles. We find w. Blackman.
 April IS, To-day we prospect down the river two miles and find bar we think will pay, although very bad place to get to. think some of buy ing out half of Blackman's machine for quicksilver. It clouds up and be. gins to rain at g in the evening.
 April 19, Morning cold and wet. The trees on the mountains covered with snow. We start up the noun. tain on our return and such a one I never, never thought of before for mortal man to travel. Our rain was here all snow, thick and fast and more of it, and cold as Cape Nome. I get in at p. m., very wet, it raining here in the valley.
 April 20, To-day we get some things to carry with us to the mines. Hard bread, vinegar, tea, coffee, cheese, gin ger, salt, sugar, pick and shovel.
 Sunday, April 21, very heavy frost, this morning. Fine and pleasant days. Stay in camp all day like good boys.
 April P, Morning fine. We pack our baggage on two mules for the Slat. CT bar and start at noon. Some we carry 400 pounds at $15 per hundred. We get down the perpetual hill at night and find Blackman had just moved two miles down.
 April 23, We arise early and pack ourselves with 50 pounds for the bar below. Get in at 10 a. m. and go back to the top of the mountain for the last of the freight. This takes up the day, and as hard a days work as ever did. Blackman goes down to Foster bar for more provision.
 April 24, To-day we start after the last of our stuff, machine, etc., at the foot of the mountain. Get back after noon and then begin work with Chand. Ter and Mott at $8 and board per day. Rlackman gets in from below, leaving his freight up the mountain one mile nigh, 200 pounds is for us.
 April "A, This morning we start early for the top of the mountain and make two trips before dinner with 5C pounds per load. Afternoon set up the machine and clean out two and three-quarter ounces of gold.
 April 26, To-day we work the ma chine without NefiAe, and get three. eights ounces of gold.
 April 27, To-day we hire Howes and Holley, Mott, Chandler and myself with them, Neahe part of the day. We get out 54 ounces of gold.
 Sunday, April 28, Fine day. April 29, Clear and warm. Three of us work and get out 25 ounces of gold April 30, Fine day. Four of us work and take out 3a ounces of dust. Mr Blake gees to Oak Valley in search of better diggings. The river is rather on the rise. Water very cold, comine from the snow on the mountains anc is fine to drink.
 Two in the forenoon and three ir the afternoon took out 24 ounces o dust. Blake returns with good t1ding' from Oak valley.
 May 2, We all get this day 2s ounces of dust.
 May 3, Fine day. Mott is sick with the ague. Chandler and myself with Nea6e get out 24 ounces of dust. Oul digging appears to have run out. May 4, Forenoon do not work, but find place up the river short dis tance and conclude to try it. In thu afternoon we join with Blackman ant six of us take out 64 ounces of dust il four hours.
 Sunday, May 5, Stay at home.
 May 6. Fine day. Seven of us worl at the machine in the rocky bank o the river and take out one pound an, 12 ounces in the amalgam. Saw dee drink out of the river on the other sid' nearby.
 May '. We burn off our gold thi morning; s242. Pay ss4 to Mott ss3 t Chandler for 1O4 days. They leave fo the Forks 25 miles up the river Blackman also starts for the sam place. We do not feel very we'll an do nothing all day. The water three or four feet higher than whe we came.
 May 8. Blake, Neafie and mysel with Gale work and get five and on halt ounces of amalgam.
 May 9. Fine weather and coolel river falls some. We work in the fore noon and get one ounce and SlO. w fear our place is now worked out unt the river falls. Afternoon prospee sOme but do not work.
 May 10. Rather cool. I set out f( Negro Bar, 25 miles distant, to St Sherman. 1 walk the whole distane though the forest alone on a tra most of the way difficult to find.
 put up at tent eight miles from tt bar.
 May Il. Start early and tal breakfast two miles on the road wit one of the Missourie boys. Arrive , about half past ten, find Sherman down on Rose Bar and leave for ths