The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . , 12, tc 550 For the wee k u 2,550 2978 1, Tuesday we worked only in the forenoon, and this, with one exception, was our lightestweeks work. Later, in cold or rainy weatlier the weekly receipts fell as low as $200, on one. rOST-OFFICE SCENE— 1S49. or two occasions, but were seldom less than $600. I remained until my original companionshad all got enough to grow uneasy for home, or for claims where $10,000 nuggets abounded;a
The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . , 12, tc 550 For the wee k u 2,550 2978 1, Tuesday we worked only in the forenoon, and this, with one exception, was our lightestweeks work. Later, in cold or rainy weatlier the weekly receipts fell as low as $200, on one. rOST-OFFICE SCENE— 1S49. or two occasions, but were seldom less than $600. I remained until my original companionshad all got enough to grow uneasy for home, or for claims where $10,000 nuggets abounded;and then, finding that the reputation of Rattlesnake Bar stood so high in the of the newshareholders that they were willing to stand by and see it work itself instead of exercisingvigorously with pick, shovel, and rocker, I, too, sold out for $150, and started for SacramentoTuesday, June 2, 1851. Years after, under hydraulic processes, our old abandoned claim wasextended into the hill back of where our tent stood, and yielded enormous profits. BATTLESJ^AKE BAB. 95 North Fork American River, Rattlesxake Bar, Cal., \ January 19, 1851. y Brother Joseph : I believe I owe 30U a letter, and Sunday gives me a little leisure topay the debt. Sunday is the only day in the diggings for writing letters, the other six being^occupied in digging and washing out the gold. Sunday is the day fo
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