Bread Making Among Miners and Gold Finds in West
Dan De Quill notes miners bake bread in cabins with Dutch ovens and fry slabs of slap-jacks, even weaving stick bread when no pan. A remarkable tale recounts five ounces of gold baked into a loaf at Wardell’s El Dorado cabin, recovered next day. The piece covers mining profits, bank indictments against Charles H. Dane, a World Fair silver statue, and early California gold rush lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan de Quill
Denver
Mioer
L. P. Wardell
el Dorado County
California
Sam
Discovery of Gold Sparks California Rush Tale
James W. Marshall, a California sawmill worker, notices shining dust in the raceway while shutting off the water. He gathers an ounce of gold, rides to Captain Sutter forty miles away, and arrives soaked in rain to report the find with urgent excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutter
Marshall
Aldorado
James W. Marshall
California
Gold and silver values and weights from the period
The text notes a ton of gold valued at 602799.81 dollars and one million dollars in gold weighing 3786.8 pounds. It also states silver details: a ton of silver contains 26166 troy ounces, its value 37704.84 dollars, and one million silver dollars weigh 58929.9 pounds.
Grant County Neighborhood News Highlights
Mrs. Martin Mullen of Apache Tejo lies at Grant County Hospital and later dies. Al Hood accepts telegraph operator post in Silver City. L A Skelly pursues Santa Fe art work while keeping Silver City ties. Idus L. Fielder ships 65 ounces gold bullion from Western Bell mine, plus $650 in concentrates. Neal Citmo and Richard Lee challenge Hadley Tontin Cook's Peak for a two hole drilling match at Pinos Altos with a $100 purse. Mogollon crowd views a season racing event where Isham R Holt’s stallion loses to Fred Golden’s cow pony, yielding about $500 in cash. A B Simons begins railroad agent duties at Salina, Kansas, succeeding W S Pratt. W S Hopewell and G W Grayson of Graydon Cattle Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant County
Bilver City
The
Enterprise
Martin Mullen
Apache Tejo
al. Hood
L. A. Skelly
Santa Fe
Silver City
Idus L. Fielder
Western Bell
Gold Hill
Neal Citmo
Richard Lee
Pinos Altos
Hadley
Tontin
Cook's Peak
Mogollon
Alma
Isham R Holt
Fred Golden
Local notes and notices from Sierra and Dona Ana counties
District court appraises the Dane estate after an assignment for creditors. The 8 P Road plans cattle shipments to California and Nevada with C F Sinarr of San Francisco handling contracts. R J Kerr of El Pano advances work for a Canaigre factory, requiring 1200 tons of root and 250 diggers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sierra County
Fred M Smith
James Gwinn
Crovenor
District Court
Charles H
Mary J. Dane
Pointe
California
Nevada
C. F Sinarr
San Francisco
R. J. Kerr
el Pano
The McLean Family Ties to Appomattox Treaty Site
Kate Field's Washington recounts how General Grant and General Lee signed the peace at Appomattox on land owned by James McLean. The article notes Beauregard's headquarters were near Manassas on the same property and tells of McLean's wartime movement from Virginia to Mississippi and back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Field
Washington
Grant
Lee
Appomattox
MelLean
McLean
Ware
Beauregard
Manassas
Longstreet
Mississippi
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W. Parker
Hillsborough
New Mexico
Will Creaton
Territory
S B. Elliott
Attorney At Law
Hillsborough, N. M
James
Fielder
J. E. Smith
Justice OF the Peace Notary Public
Hillsborough, New Mexico
F.C. Martsolf
N. M
Dons
James Adams
Frank L Given, M.D
Hillsboro
CG. L. Edmundson
Kingston, N. M
Wil
Dr. William
A. H. Whitmer, D. D. S
Hiuusnonovan
Tin Shop
W. M. Williams
Eagle
W. S. Standish
Lake Valley, N. M
PLAGE
Pacific Coast
J.J. Hagerman
Mollie Gibson
Aspen
D. H. Moffat
Victor
Cripple Creek
Dane
New Mexican
Charles H. Dane
National Banks
Las Cruces
United States Grand Jury
Deming Bank
Silver City Bank
He Ia
U.S. Marshal
U. S. District Court
Romero
Socorro County
United States Land Office
Holy Moses
Jumping Jesus
Justice
Montana
R. H. Park
Creede
Shallow Creek
C.J. Roy
Roy
Walle
Kemisa
Hraduicat
A.B. Simons
Salina
Kansas
Pratt
W. 8. Hopewell
G. W. Grayson
Graynon Cattle Co
Levi Strauss & Co’s
Rance
Marx
Dona Ana
Rio Grande
Martin Lohman
Barela
M. Row
Park
United States
Petit Jury
Kingston
James Closon
J. A Ancheta
TB. Catron
Grant and
Serra
Anchota
Republican Party
Advertiser
Regan
New York
Manuel Gallegos
G. W. Craig
Water Canan
Gettysburg
A Radcliffe
George LaRue
L. D Cussler
Muccesa
Itaaven
Sydney
Arizona
Old Mexico
Carrara
Jeff Davis
San Diego Union
Fifth Street
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi River
San Diego
Yume
San Diego River
Mission Valley
el Unjon
Santa Isabel
Warner’s Pass
Tucson
Manuel Baragua
Francisco Castor
Antonio Romero
Little Fort
Homestake Mining Company
South Dakota
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