History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888 . , Aug. 301850 (steamer edition); S. F. Herald, July 1, 1850; Mariposa ed to mine for a while in (joldcanon. The *^old it pHxluced was poor, bein<( worthno more than fourteen dollars to the ounce; l»ut as. Caicsun Nallky. the difjfrin^s continnofl to yield a fair days waives,there were at woik generally in the mininLj seasonfrom one to two hundrid n>en, some of whom liadmadesettlenients upon land claims near hy. ]^ut downto the period where the last chapter ends, there hadnever been any marked reco^^nition of western Utahas a mininj:ij
History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888 . , Aug. 301850 (steamer edition); S. F. Herald, July 1, 1850; Mariposa ed to mine for a while in (joldcanon. The *^old it pHxluced was poor, bein<( worthno more than fourteen dollars to the ounce; l»ut as. Caicsun Nallky. the difjfrin^s continnofl to yield a fair days waives,there were at woik generally in the mininLj seasonfrom one to two hundrid n>en, some of whom liadmadesettlenients upon land claims near hy. ]^ut downto the period where the last chapter ends, there hadnever been any marked reco^^nition of western Utahas a mininj:ij country. (iold canon was the otdy mininL; <j;round worked inthis district before 1857, It o[)ens from the north- GOLD CA:S0N. 95 west near where the Carson river turns rather abruptlyto the southwest. At the distance of about fourmiles from its mouth it forks, the middle branch ofthree being called American Flat ravine. Near thehead of this ravine is a mound, which in 1858 acquiredthe name of Gold hill, to distin^^uish it from Goldcanon. This hill is a mile or more from Mount Da-vidson. Coming from the north side of the mountainis another large ravine, whose head is within a mileof the head of Gold canon, whose mouth is on theCarson river, a few mil
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