. The argonauts of 'forty-nine, some recollections of the plains and the diggings. headed for Coloma, about tifty-tive miles dis-tant, of course still tramping it. At all stationsalong the road, beginning with the Ten Mile House,meals were two dollars each. The lodging accommo- 1 A statement which 1 was pleased to have verified thirty-five years latcrthrough my accidental meeting of the ranchmans widow in another and dis-tant part of the state. PLODl)IN(i TOWARD IHI-: MINES 9I dations were overtaxed at e\ ery point. At ShingleSprings, I paid a dollai- for tlie privilege of lodging
. The argonauts of 'forty-nine, some recollections of the plains and the diggings. headed for Coloma, about tifty-tive miles dis-tant, of course still tramping it. At all stationsalong the road, beginning with the Ten Mile House,meals were two dollars each. The lodging accommo- 1 A statement which 1 was pleased to have verified thirty-five years latcrthrough my accidental meeting of the ranchmans widow in another and dis-tant part of the state. PLODl)IN(i TOWARD IHI-: MINES 9I dations were overtaxed at e\ ery point. At ShingleSprings, I paid a dollai- for tlie privilege of lodging ina covered cart, in i-onipany with a barrel of pork. Itwas raining hard, and that was the only course one had to furnish his ow^n beddino- in those days, no matterlodge. Thew retched thatbe got to thepack-an i nia 1 was theto Coloma and\v h i c h \\ c r edistance from(toUI dust wascurrency, andand the scalesevery place ofweights were of-and of very du-gravity. Thefaro tables werening flush. Theindeed is thein all new min-most pretentiousgantly furnished. K TVPICAT, where he mightroads were sosupplies couldmines only b\-A doll a r per)\. customar\- rate^) to Ha ngtown,about the samevSaera m e n t universalthe ^blowerwere a fixture inbusiness. Theten home-made,bious s p e c ill cmonte and theeverywhere run-gambling tablechief attractioning regions. Theand most ele-(juarters, wheth- er tents by the roadside or palaces in a city, are dedi- 1 A shallow sort of , usually of tin. triantjular-shapetl, with one corneropen, used to blow black sand and other foreign substances from {lold dust,and to handle the dust about the scales J The Panama bat, silk sash, embroidered shirt, and absence of vest anUcoat—somewhat after the Mexiean style—made up a costume much affected iu 92 AT THE mountaineers HOME. cated to this purpose. Such resorts are, in fact, aboutthe onl}^ places in such regions where men can passtheir leisure hours or find companionship and
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