Show li another flother first Ms discoverer coverer orvold in III the ho west ives the closing days of 1810 presented afar a fur differ different eDt scene econe to the bejos of mrs john murphy of san jose joae and sister bister of mrs mra lewis than the closing days of 1886 1966 then she was at don ner lake with a party hemmerl in in by snow and anxiously waiting wailing tor for that relief which did not come coma until weeks afterward now she was in in the C cosy 08 Y front parlor of the seaside home ahro she could look out on art fragrant I 1 lowers flowers and the deep blue sea aea lieten and 1 I li it so BO inclined inch nel cou could 1 d sample 80 some me of mrs lewis famous ice cream and cocoanut coco anut cake aunt virginia as she is is lovingly called has a 0 fand of reminiscences from which sha can liberally draw when occasion occasion requires a ires sha can tell mora about the early history of california in in a brief hour than can be leaded front from reading pages devoted to the history of the bolden jo iden state in the course of it pleasant beasant conversation t the e other day she casually re remarked arced that the credit of being the first rat discoverer of gold in in california belonged a ton to a man an whom history has as noti not given tile the place he be deserves A sentinel representative who was 1 listening iston inato to aunt virgi nias reminiscences and thinking she C could 0 1 id add another page to tile the u unwritten nari tt en history of the tan gold di discovery dis b begged her to turn back the pages of her re to etive memory and tell him about t the he discovery it is a curious canoua fact she sha began that the credit of the gold discovery was waa never given to the man to whom it rightfully belongs I 1 it was wan diacon red bred in in the winter of da and 47 in in a cabin in which we were at donner lake seated by a fire cro each buy busy with his or her own thoughts thought that awful time tit t donner lake la Is i as aa firmly imbedded embedded im bedded in in my demor memory y as it ham hammered all ered there by hammers of t kron iron As I 1 said we were abated around the tha fire fare when john denton a gunsmith by trade while knocking kofl chapa chipa of the rocks on which tile the wood was placed saw something shining iio examined it and pronounced it gold lie he then knocked oil off more chips from the rocks and hunted in in the ashes for more of the shining particles un till he bs had gathered a tablespoonful ila he wrapped the gold in in a piece of buckskin and put it in his pocket when the first relief celiat party party C caraan a me ho be went out atwith with it if but died aed on the ways way I 1 and t the rold gold was buried with him when I 1 saw my father mr air reed heed I 1 told hi him of the circumstance and said bald ho be if john donton says bay that I 1 that is is gold it is is gold tor for he knows my aly father intended to go back to dormer donner lale lake to search for the pro pre C ions metal but before ho he started go gold id was discovered at Sut lers fork hence he did riot not return to the lake I 1 think that if a thorough search is is made gold can bo be found f at the la lake ko or near it not much gold has ball since gince been found there because no do regular prospect was made for it 11 have been beau told that the rocks which we used in in the fireplace were washed down to the lake from a moun tian ili m which gold was but this moun tian was waa probably many miles milea away anay from the lake when any one asks mo me about the discovery of gold I 1 say that john denton was tho the first discoverer of gold goad in in cali california tornia fornia Saraa ai ortiz cruz |