Crusoe's island . THE EUM-MEK. represented, and generally believed, that any enterpris-ing man could take his hat and a wheelbarrow, and inhalf an hour gather up gold enough to last him for have reason to suspect that, of the thousands who wentthere, many will long remember their experience withemotions, if pleasant, yet mournful to the soul. The Kern River excitement threatened for a time todepopulate the northern portion of the state. The stages 312 A PEEP AT WASHOE. from Marysville and Sacramento were crowded day afterday, and new lines were established from Los Angeles,. GOING TO KE
Crusoe's island . THE EUM-MEK. represented, and generally believed, that any enterpris-ing man could take his hat and a wheelbarrow, and inhalf an hour gather up gold enough to last him for have reason to suspect that, of the thousands who wentthere, many will long remember their experience withemotions, if pleasant, yet mournful to the soul. The Kern River excitement threatened for a time todepopulate the northern portion of the state. The stages 312 A PEEP AT WASHOE. from Marysville and Sacramento were crowded day afterday, and new lines were established from Los Angeles,. GOING TO KEEN KIVEB. Stockton, San Jose, and various other points; but suchwas the pressure of travel in search of this grand depos-itory, in which it was represented the main wealth of theworld had been treasured by a beneficent Providence, A PEEP AT WASHOE. 313 that thousands were compelled to go on foot, and carrytheir blankets and provisions on their backs. FromStockton to the mining district, a distance of more thanthree hundred miles, the plains of the San Joaquin weieliterally speckled with honest miners. It is a notable
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