The Holt County sentinel., 1918-07-26

out there before and had had exper-
fence. so | did not take it.
My next move was to where Carson
City now il, and there | laid over
few days with my sick brother 80 |
could take him across the Sierra noun
tains to California. While | was there
the fellow came along who had tried
H. sell me his claim. ] asked him IL
he had sold his claim, and what he got
for ii. lie told me he had sold it for
$4,000. During this time the news
spread that the mines we're gold and
silver, which made them immensely
valuable, and before left Carson City
the man who had borght the claim for
$4,000 was offered sl,0O0,000 for it.
This was my first experience in the
mines, and even if was greenhorn,
had they left me alone | would have
made my fortune.
When We got over the mountains in
TO California We stopped at old Hang
town, where We toOn up claim in
Chicken ravine. | bought lumber to
make twenty sluice boxes and we hired
head of water which cost SIS day.
We all went to work, and after q week
of It We only made water money and
grub, a. we called it. Brother John
could not stand to mine in water.
The news came that steamboat COM
petition was on and that fare from
San Francisco to New York was only
SIS, 30 Uncle Levi, Uncle John and
Brother John wanted to 20 home bad
ly, IL they had sweethcarts waiting
for them here at Oregon. They knew
| had 500, and to get rid of them !
let them have II. Brother John had a
siX-shootcr revolver which | had
bought for him IN st. Joseph. ! had
paid SIS for It. and a. he wanted my
silver watch. We traded. linen they
icf. Tor San Francisco. and | started
out prospecting alone ami broke.
,truCk camp under "a big pine tree and
lett my blankets, revolver, etc., there
wHiie 1 went OJt prospecting. When
came back ny revolver was gone, 80
struck Out west to Missouri Fiat,
near liangtOwn, where irtu and ban
baum had "A surface clam. worked
Tor them eight dass at 500 per Gdy
and grub, then | struck Out for Sacra-
mcnto City, and by boat TO Suisune
City, where ! found A. 4. jackson. lie
USED TO live in the neighborhood where
Bob Patterson lived, and hunted him
up. His place was u few miles out of
Suisunc City, and 1000 acres Of his
land was IN barley. II was nearly har-
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