Show dea drath DEATH abir OF JOHN W SHALL ALIj tue THE death of john wilson marshall the or original orinal inal inai discoverer of oid gold old in california which occurred on the loth h dinst revives the tile story of the great attraction which thirty seven years ag ago azo go and later served to bring to the pacific coast people from nearly all portions of the habitable globe and reaul resul resulted ted in the marvelous development of that region it serves to call to mind the fact too that the connection of the mormons cormons Mor 1 mons with the important cl circumstance ir cum stance alluded to is seldom mentioned or acknowledged la in the autumn of 1847 after the dodi 1131 mormon ormon onmon battalion had completed thur their memorable march rendered the conquest of california by the united states arms secure been honorably disbanded and were on their way overland to this valley vailey a number of the members were counseled to remain In California until the following spring and accordingly returned to Sut terig fort to seek work here they were en employed by captain sutter to build a grist mill some six miles from the fort ana near the present site of sacramento and a saw mill about forty five miles away near wha what id 19 now known coloma rii ell the latter iatter work was r 9 had by james AV Mar Al arshall marshall shall abeld ob elD somewhat ol 01 a millwright hii had beg bee tak laken taken eninas in as a working part beli tle the business by captain hutter hulter kutter fished the money for the u under udder n d taUD the mills were finished la 1848 but when the water was darnel into the race ot of the saw mill therewa there w such a strong current and the soil T so given to washing that theIo mon tion of the bulldis awas g was endanger et air marshall accordingly had tit tin water turned off and went dewri ln the race to examine the hole which hi been va hed when be he noticed sone somi thin thing in the sand and gravel which ha bail bati a shiny appearance and gathered alt ale a ler lei specimens specimen ns hammering On a stone sto ne h he e found them to be mailea mallea ok and concluded they must be nuggets gold lie he informed some odthe of the Bs lh lalion tallon boys who were still at the mill of his suspicion as to t value of the specimens ami aad they tot tod com commenced me need collecting them heita hesia had bad the nuggets heki he phil ekil found assayed at butters gorl jorl when it was proved that his was vas correct they were worta broil im twenty nive tive five cents to five live dollar eath each the news spread like reri renn 11 work on the mills was abandoned tv tt crops were allowed to sp spoil oilin in thi fields for wast of men to harvest te AL garner garnez them and every else w i neglected in the mao mac search for kilt gold I 1 the subsequent migration to to country by sea and overland of ahk who had the gold fever forms foring a f of the most interesting Inte thi tin ith in our nations the saints who h had a d s sods sons seclusion sec bec lusion in these valleys soon coq f themselves occupying a rather place anat of a half w station between the starting destination of those who traveled trav tray eledon oT land and jame some of ohp residents of this ten d tory lory then a barren and region also caught the gold fevec feyer fever the thre wisdom of the advice vy president brigham youn young at thattil gave to them is i illustrated U rated in the lit james W marshall which hasle come to an end M vadra the people of these vall to develop the agricultural rosom risom resonie of tile the country and let any others hi 1 chose to do so go wild after golata goedd ing t and promised those who wol wod acl aci upon u don non his counsel in thira chisare th iSAre lis jis that in th course of time they would i able to buy out those who mines not only did his bis word words ild JIB j true in regard to the people I 1 til sil alij territory but of california Cali call lornia tornia air ayr a V james W marshall died a ap pp po at the age of 73 years at coloria tha scene of his great descove rl out a companion with him in tb moments bourke 1 I 1 the mancho man who lived in the i him arose earlier toan usual lastick lasts day morning and went out to hunts when he returned he found the th olds old oid dead the people who have havi gna gnu rich from h his bis is discovery discover y after EO luira neglected him through life lie ws now w of showing him some honor li onori y t |