. The Argonauts of California, being the reminiscences of scenes and incidents that occurred in California in early mining days;. ow many are there now living of the Forty-niners;have you any idea, Jo ? Jo.—Judging from the number of those who are now livingwho joined the Pioneer Associations in the various States,there mustbe at least about 15,000, W.—Well, that was a grand and pleasant adventure, the depart-ure of so many thousands for the other side of the continent tosearch for gold, wasnt it ? and I suppose you boys all enjoyed it,too, and profited by the experience ? Jo.—Yes, we certainl
. The Argonauts of California, being the reminiscences of scenes and incidents that occurred in California in early mining days;. ow many are there now living of the Forty-niners;have you any idea, Jo ? Jo.—Judging from the number of those who are now livingwho joined the Pioneer Associations in the various States,there mustbe at least about 15,000, W.—Well, that was a grand and pleasant adventure, the depart-ure of so many thousands for the other side of the continent tosearch for gold, wasnt it ? and I suppose you boys all enjoyed it,too, and profited by the experience ? Jo.—Yes, we certainly did, and I doubt if there was ever in thehistory of the world an adventure similar in character and magnitude,and which created such wonderful effects as the gold discovery ofCalifornia, for as far as our observation extends, the existence ofsuch another vast gold field is improbable, unless it may be that inthe unexplored regions of Africa rich gold fields may exist, buteven if such discoveries should be made, such are the numbers and THE ARGONAUTS OF CALIFOKAIA. lillllillTIIIIIillillllili III nil IN I III II 1 ill. 350 THE ARGONAUTS OF CALIFORNIA. character of the savage tribes that inhabit those regions, they wouldbe of little value to the civilized world. W.—Well, I suppose you observe the great changes that havetaken place here upon this side of the continent since you left fortyyears ago ? Jo.—Yes, indeed, I do, and tis difficult to realize the greatchanges that have taken place in so short a space of time, and whichare visible when crossing the continent from Hangtown to Jersey,for towns and cities have sprung into existence, and sections of thecountry are now thickly populated where but a few short years agowere barren desert places, occupied only by roving bands of all of these changed conditions are due to the gold discoveryin California. W.—Yes, yes, you are right, and it was the means also, throughthe energy of you gold diggers, of building
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