| Show The Gold Crare of 4D At the time of the first gold < lls covery In California lrt prospector wns unknonn captain Butter built hln liotKe nt the head of navigation on tho bacramento bccnuso ho believed that i Die of linmlcratlon would low eelwnr1 ovr tho HoJ < les an on n Ihe now oC COlfornll nldilol < Iho union wa klown nn Iml this would he 0 o1 spOI ror i tradloK post nnd outlining station In 17 hp mode An ngreemenl llh Jumes W lnrhl n mnhl15l tram Ne Jrty 10 1ulld I ml 011 miles up th river from his own house I wus while tin mill wns Jjulldlng on Januar > 24 ISIS nccordlng to the illory of ono of Ih nrkmen elIloyod Ih that Marshall found some grains of gold In the sand white walking In the lullrace It the mill He showed thu speclmenn to his hilfelo n workmen but none or them realized the Importance Import-ance of the discovery nt that time On the follow Ine day Marshall gathered a mnny uC 1h Mt of Ira1 o h coUll eo 1 11 the crown ut hi hOl anl 1001 < them duwn to his employer Cnptnln Butter The lattir conveyed thm to Han Francisco where they wr annl1 and pronouncd to run Iln 101 Thei < sucl 1 ernp ns mankln1 hnd n lurnre wlln With 01 < mosl Ierllie rnldly Ih rporl wnl nolnd the irld Hold In California lllvern lined with cold Mountains of gold I Hold to bo had for the lalior of picking It up From nil parts of the UnIon rrom l urle trom cry < uar IeI of the globe an nrmy of frenzied argonauts wo son rnlng aro i the plain aroun1 the Horn cro ivdlng every available route that led to this wonderful Western lan of gold From Great dold Discoveries by II W Mayo In Dcmorcsfs Family Hag zlnc for Janunf |
