Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 825
making fortunes in theriver diggings, or in the ravine claims, droppedeverything else and seized upon quartz mining asaffording the very shortest road to riches. It wasearly in the forenoon when Hi, weak and overcomeby his sudden discovery, had fallen in a fit. Tom,with great amazement, had wiped… … HI PRESSED THE PRECIOUS HANDFUL TO HIS LIPS. vein of quartz and gold, and tell his nearest neigh-bors of his luck. Before the sun went down thatnight, Brush Hill was looked upon as a bank onwhich hundreds of men were to present checks inthe shape of picks and shovels, and draw gold inany quantity.…
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