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Show ON THE "vijRY SPOT Where Marshal first discovered gold. C0I.0MA 0XI.Y A RUIN NOW l.tlii men whowcic theic at the time. Kdllnr Lehi llnniier, Dcni Hlr. I thought.! fur, lines from tills noted (quit of California would tie iiitcrceliiiK to oiir lenders for her is the place whciewna inndu tho great ill. coxory that caimed thousands of people to forfcitke home and all no dear to louie and dip for the iiiovliic power of thu world, cold. It was liuht hero that J W. .Maiulinll, on thu lOtli dnyof .fanun-ly .fanun-ly 1318, found the II li-t niiKget of i;old in tho old Snttur mill inco Unit I lime just been wnlkiiiovri I seo ono soiitan C'hinniuan packing dirt down from the hill in two little boie with n joko on Ida shoilldei and washing tho dirt in the American liver. I asked him how much ho made a day. "I'lltcou cents" wiih tlio answei. Of course thnt isnliolit whnt i expected for nomntlri how ninth ntio ot them wiihIich out in n dav, ! cuts Ih ill they will eiei sal they iniike Jiisl iilniic the town in the h'iiI inonu-liient inonu-liient creeled oier the grnxe of Marshal. The ptdeslal is niiout nn ft and the hionro tin" re of Mnrihal about 10 ft high, lie Manila holding n nugget in hirii;lit linnd nml .itli bin left pointing point-ing mn lo Hie mill me". On the couth aide of I he jiedcstal curved hi marble is n cron-eiit saw, linnd spike nnd mo nnd below thu callu, aiv mill and pine I ec. On tho north side is tho pick, slim 1 1 and gold pan and below the great yen l nf i'lilifortna Tho intenption leadf, ".fumes W. JUisluil Ihiiii Oct. 8, IblO.died Aug. 10, 1SD." 1'euplo from I all parts n( the country eonio to beo HiIh spot. ,liit below the hill sliuids Ins old delapilatedialmi. After all of his work and being tli" menus of making thous-nuds thous-nuds mllhouaiieij, litis man hied nnd died on theclmrit of tho good people olllii stale, the; ullowrd him as high iih 5')l) n mouth for several eais but drink got iiuiiv nilli it nit so they cut I it down to (At) i mouth and ho was getting get-ting that ihe balance ot his life and when be dld tho state buried him. He i ,...,..... ..rlial.,..'w """Ay .- 'wTllreriMWnVIni weicill the line winking along witli him that dr.) nnd many dais lie fore the diAcovcry. Tneeof our old Lehi pioneers, now linaaed to tlie oilier side of the Uiver, weiotlieic The) aie, Iia Willis, Sidney Sid-ney Wilhsund Uiucl l'.vaiiN I will let the readir make tlie inntrasl between tho men Mini the good they done. The lowii of t'oloma is now only a place of iiiiiih. Hotel, saloon, post olllceuiul store all in one An old gent (old me it wua nothing to what it was In the llftles. I asked Mm how ninny inhablUutsilthcu hnd. Ilonnid, "Wh.v piles of fo'kx, wo had 17 miloona nnd ft lintel." 'Hint is tho way lliey lake the census in some of these mining towns Itespectfully voura, T. 1 Tram:. Coloiiin.Cal., Aug. 20, 18d. |