The Cave of Gold

The Cave of Gold - A Tale of California in '49

FOREWORD ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER I. El Feroz CHAPTER II. Death of the Miner CHAPTER III. The Skin Map CHAPTER IV. At the Conroyal Rancho CHAPTER V. Off for the Gold-Mines CHAPTER VI. The Sign of the Two Red Thumbs CHAPTER VII. Caught in the Flood CHAPTER VIII. Accused of Murder CHAPTER IX. The Testimony of Bill Ugger CHAPTER X. The Missing Button CHAPTER XI. An Unexpected Witness CHAPTER XII. Hammer Jones CHAPTER XIII. Explanations CHAPTER XIV. The Luck of Dickson CHAPTER XV. Around the Supper Table CHAPTER XVI. Unexpected Company CHAPTER XVII. Pockface Again CHAPTER XVIII. Story of the Great Discovery CHAPTER XIX. Some Exciting Moments CHAPTER XX. Robbed CHAPTER XXI. Pedro CHAPTER XXII. The Mystery of the Tent CHAPTER XXIII. On the Shore of Goose Neck Lake CHAPTER XXIV. In Lot's Canyon CHAPTER XXV. The Cave of Gold CHAPTER XXVI. The Catastrophe CHAPTER XXVII. Home On a cold January morning of 1848, James Wilson Marshall picked up two yellow bits of metal, about the size and the shape of split peas, from the tail-race of the sawmill he was building on the South Fork of the American River, some forty-five miles northeast of Sutter's Fort, now Sacramento City. These two yellow pellets proved to be gold; and soon it was discovered that all the region thereabouts was thickly sown with shining particles of the same precious yellow metal. A few months later and all the world was pouring its most adventurous spirits into the wilderness of California. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 20126
Author: McNeil, Everett
Release Date: Dec 17, 2006
Format: eBook
Language: English