California gold
Subtitle: an authentic history of the first find, with the names of those interested in the discovery
By: published by the author, James S. Brown, Salt Lake City, Utah. Oakland Cal., Pacific press publishing company, 1894.
Publisher: Reprinted, W. Abbatt
Published: 1933
Place of publication: [New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 21
Subjects: Mines and mineral resources -- California.; California -- Gold discoveries.
Description: James Stephens Brown (b. 1828) was one of James W. Marshall's companions on January 24, 1848, when Marshall discovered gold in the raceway of a mill his workmen were constructing for Johann Sutter at Coloma. Brown later settled in Utah. California gold (1894) is here reprinted from a version published in the Magazine of history in 1933. Brown recounts his association with Sutter and Marshall as well as the events of January 24, 1848.
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
In: The Magazine of history, with notes and queries. New York, N.Y., 1933. 27 cm. Extra number. no. 191 (v. 48, no. 3) p. [5]-21.