In richest Alaska and the gold fields of the Klondike; how they were found ..together with a history of this wonderful land from its discovery to the present day ..and practical information for gold seekers . ement. But Marshall hammered hisnew metal, tried it in the kitchen fire, and was the moreconvinced that he had found gold. Next morning hepicked up more specimens in the tail-race, put a spoonfulin the crown of his slouch hat, and showed the find againat the mill. Led by Marshall, the laborers all hasteneddown to the mill-race, and soon were absorbed in pickingfrom the streams and crevice
In richest Alaska and the gold fields of the Klondike; how they were found ..together with a history of this wonderful land from its discovery to the present day ..and practical information for gold seekers . ement. But Marshall hammered hisnew metal, tried it in the kitchen fire, and was the moreconvinced that he had found gold. Next morning hepicked up more specimens in the tail-race, put a spoonfulin the crown of his slouch hat, and showed the find againat the mill. Led by Marshall, the laborers all hasteneddown to the mill-race, and soon were absorbed in pickingfrom the streams and crevices of the rock the preciousyellow metal. On the evening of February 2, 1848, Marshall rodeinto the fort, his horse foaming and spattered with Sutter aside he showed him about half a thim-bleful of yellow grains of metal. Sutter applied aqua-fortis and established the fact that the metal was solidgold. The first record of the discovery, and the only one madeon the day of its occurrence, was in the diary of HenryW. Bigler, one of the mill hands. He wrote January24th: This day some kind of metal was found in thetail-race that looks like goald. Although Sutter tried to keep the discovery of gold.
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