Show gold first Disi discovered covered by a boy boise ida jan 25 in connection with the celebration in san francisco of the discovery of gold in california the story told bold by nathan smith of this state is interesting before hi smith often told the story and expressed a desire that the true history of the discovery should bo be published smith claimed to have been with marshall lie ile said when they were deepening the tail race to the mill the little son of one of the men was playing in the water tins this man was named nimmer ills his boy bothered him showing febbles tie libles that he picked from the water finall finally y the boy picked up lip something bright and went to show it to his father tho the latter impatiently ordered him to go away and the boy sat down on the bank and cried marshall sought to comfort him asking to see what he had it proved to be the nugget that made marshall and california famous |