The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . trunks and other heavy higgage, instead of being taken through the office rotunda,are conveyed to the baggage-room in the rear. There are also spacious stairways in otherparts of the house, and the most elaborate precautions have been taken throughout thebuilding to prevent danger from fire. The kitchen and laundry are at a considerable distancefrom the guests quarters, the laundry being upon the side of the hill, below the plateau ujionwhich the hotel is situated. There are numerous public an
The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . trunks and other heavy higgage, instead of being taken through the office rotunda,are conveyed to the baggage-room in the rear. There are also spacious stairways in otherparts of the house, and the most elaborate precautions have been taken throughout thebuilding to prevent danger from fire. The kitchen and laundry are at a considerable distancefrom the guests quarters, the laundry being upon the side of the hill, below the plateau ujionwhich the hotel is situated. There are numerous public and private bathrooms, and many ofthe rooms are in suites. Lunch was called about noon, after which scores of teams from the city stopped at the hotel,and took us to an old-time Roaring Camp. When we arrived at the scene of the afternoonsfestivities,— away down among the cliffs and high and rugged walls that form a basin for theclear, crystal waters of the Arroyo Seco,— the numerous vehicles, including buggies, carriages,and wagons, with saddle-horses to the right and left, arrested PLACER MINING. We found fully i,ooo people on the ground, where our attention was at once attracted to abooth, or wickee-up, on the Arroyo Seco, near the bridge, and a tent not far away. A gen-tleman named Gardner, from Los Aiigeles, was serving out ice cream, lemonade, and straw-berries from an apparently inexhaustible supply. Peter Steil, with one or two assistants, hadcharge of the camp. Ed. Carr stood gracefully behind the bar of the saloon, a fine affair,made of sticks and brush, the bar a box and barrel, witli a plank for a counter. On this wereset a dozen or more bottles and glasses, a pair of gold scales, and some ores. Ned, with a rednose, and a black eye, served all patrons with pure water until they were satisfied. PASADEMA MIMIMG CAMP 63 About two oclock W. U. Masters mounted a stump, and announced that rich digginojs hadbeen struck at Greenhorn Gulch, and that a party of p
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