Gold Fever and a Fateful Parting on the Ann Mary Ann
John Holden of Eastport sails with a Forty-Niner company bound for California around Cape Horn aboard the Ann Mary Ann. Blanche Sefton offers advice and a warm farewell after gifting him $300 in a sealed packet. Holden mutinies, goes ashore, travels via the Isthmus, befriends William Broener, and discovers a hidden gold quartz mine at Stanislaus river placer mines.
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John Holden
Eastport
California
Cape Horn
Blanche Sefton
Blanche
John
New York
William Broener
Stanislaus River Placer
Broener
Holden
Bank of California
The Bull Bar miner faces a quartz peril
On Bull Bar a miner recounts hard travel, quarried risks, and the shifting loyalties of Broener as a stranger arrives to hunt quartz. He watches rivals Pratt and partner move in, fearing elusively hostile neighbors. The faint hope of Eastport fades as tensions rise and a dangerous claim dispute forms.
Clouds Chapter IX and the rocker lessons
Broener stayed with me months then taught pan ning out and the rocker in San Francisco. I strained to learn the dance of left hand rocking and right hand pouring. My arms argued with the machine and I nearly kicked it. Broener urged calm, noting the mind must steady the body as it learns the unfamiliar motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broener
Rankin's
Stanislaus
San Francisco
Eastport
Bruener
Death and a Quartz Claim Fight in a Frontier Cabin
Pratt and Hillyear finish a cabin within three days as tension grows over a quartz claim. The narrator, fearing Pratt, plans a confrontation at the “Bank” while reflecting on the brutal settlement norms of the frontier where disputes end by knife or pistol.
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Pratt
Hillyear
Mulching and manure tips for orchard trees
Spreading manure on soil around growing trees is beneficial whether manure is new or old. Do not pile against the trunk. keep a foot of space, and lay mulch farther back to maximize moisture and growth. Light, thorough cultivation plus mulch reduces weeds. use straw or hay for lighter soils and apply moderate manure to prevent blow-off.
Fall timing for control of the apple tree borer
Illinois entomologist J H Bigger warns fall is the best time to locate young round headed apple tree borers in apple trees. Larvae live two years in the tree, with adults emerging in spring. control via knife and wire near the trunk base to cut out or kill burrow holes and castings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
J. H. Bigger
Illinois State Natural History Survey
Fall Pruning of Fruit Trees Meets With Favor
Fruit trees may be pruned in fall per New York State College of Agriculture guidance. Best after leaves shed. wounds dry back. Pruning spread across the tree reduces weak wood, many small cuts heal better than large ones, and lighter pruning cuts down water sprouts. Trees pruned this way spray more easily, yield bigger, better colored fruit, and fetch higher prices.
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New York State College of Agriculture
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the Bank of California
Prentice Mulford
Rankin
Reed
Big Dick
Bull Bar
Jedediah Pratt
Pratt & Co
Chapter
Rchards
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