Category: Adventure
Departure for the Mines--The Victims--Adventures of a Night on San Francisco Bay--Voyage in a Launch--My Companion Higgins--Resolutions of the Passengers--The Bay of San Pablo--The Straits of Carquinez--Benicia--The Bay of Suisun--The Sacramento--Beautiful Scenery--Montezuma--...
Departure for the Mines--The Victims--Adventures of a Night on San Francisco Bay--Voyage in a Launch--My Companion Higgins--Resolutions of the Passengers--The Bay of San Pablo--...
2. CHAPTER II.Arrival of our Party--The Mountaineer--A “prospecting” Expedition--The Start--California Skies in November--A Drenching--Go-ahead Higgins--“Camp Beautiful”--John the Irishman--T...
3. CHAPTER III.Yuba River--A Clean Shirt an Expensive Luxury--Yankee Pedler--The Upper and Lower Diggings--Foster’s Bar--The Gold-Rocker--Gold-Digging and Gold-Washing--Return to the Embarcade...
4. CHAPTER IV.Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placer...
5. CHAPTER V.Sutter’s Mill--Discovery of the Placers--Marshall and Bennett--Great Excitement--Desertion of the _Pueblos_, and general Rush for the Mines--Gold-Mine Prices--Descent into a _Ca...
6. CHAPTER VI.Mormon Exploration of the Middle Fork--Headquarters of the Gold-hunters--The North Fork--Smith’s Bar--Damming--Great Luck of a Frenchman and his Son--Kelsey’s Bar--Rise and Fall...
7. CHAPTER VII.Monotonous Life at Weaver’s Creek--Dry Diggings Uncertain--Discovery of a Rich Ravine--Great Results of One Day’s Labour--Invasion of my Ravine--Weber and Dalor--The Indian Mode...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Extent and Richness of the Gold Region of Upper California--Are the “Gold-washings” inexhaustible?--A Home for the Starving Millions of Europe and the Labouring Men of America--...
9. CHAPTER IX.The Mexican System of Government--Establishment of the Legislative Assembly of San Francisco--Seizure of the Town Records--Address of the Assembly recommending the Formation of...
10. CHAPTER X.11. CHAPTER XI.12. CHAPTER XII.13. CHAPTER XV.On the 26th day of September, 1846, the 7th Regiment of New York State Volunteers, commanded by Colonel J. D. Stevenson, sailed from the harbour of New York under orders from th...
14. CHAPTER I.Departure for the Mines--The Victims--Adventures of a Night on San Francisco Bay--Voyage in a Launch--My Companion Higgins--Resolutions of the Passengers--The Bay of San Pablo--...
15. CHAPTER II.Arrival of our Party--The Mountaineer--A “prospecting” Expedition--The Start--California Skies in November--A Drenching--Go-ahead Higgins--“Camp Beautiful”--John the Irishman--T...
16. CHAPTER III.Yuba River--A Clean Shirt an Expensive Luxury--Yankee Pedler--The Upper and Lower Diggings--Foster’s Bar--The Gold-Rocker--Gold-Digging and Gold-Washing--Return to the Embarcade...
17. CHAPTER IV.Our Log Cabin--Pi-pita-tua--Increase of our Party--The Dry Diggings of Weaver’s Creek--The “Pockets” and “Nests”--Theory of the Gold Region--My First Day’s Labour in the _Placer...
18. CHAPTER V.Sutter’s Mill--Discovery of the Placers--Marshall and Bennett--Great Excitement--Desertion of the _Pueblos_, and general Rush for the Mines--Gold Mine Prices--Descent into a _Ca...
19. CHAPTER VI.Mormon Exploration of the Middle Fork--Headquarters of the Gold-hunters--The North Fork--Smith’s Bar--Damming--Great Luck of a Frenchman and his Son--Kelsey’s Bar--Rise and Fall...
20. CHAPTER VII.Monotonous Life at Weaver’s Creek--Dry Diggings Uncertain--Discovery of a Rich Ravine--Great Results of One Day’s Labour--Invasion of my Ravine--Weber and Dalor--The Indian Mode...
21. CHAPTER VIII.Extent and Richness of the Gold Region of Upper California--Are the “Gold-washings” inexhaustible?--A Home for the Starving Millions of Europe and the Labouring Men of America--...
22. CHAPTER IX.The Mexican System of Government--Establishment of the Legislative Assembly of San Francisco--Seizure of the Town Records--Address of the Assembly recommending the Formation of...
23. CHAPTER X.Within the past six months, the growth of San Francisco has been enormous. During that time, at least a thousand houses have been erected, of all sizes and forms. The hills arou...
24. CHAPTER XI.That immense fortunes have been made in California is beyond a doubt; many of them, assuredly, have been by gold-digging and trading, the latter occupation, in some cases, provi...
25. CHAPTER XII.It is proper, before closing this work, and it will probably be expected, that I should make a sort of recapitulation, and give some advice in regard to prospects and plans of p...
26. CHAPTER XIII.The town of Monterey is situated upon the large bay of that name, formed by the curve of land between Point Año Nuevo on the north, and Point Pinos on the south. Until the adopt...
27. CHAPTER XIV.The enormous price of real estate in San Francisco, and the continual rapid tide of emigration, will ere long cause the settlement of the new towns seated at various points in t...
28. CHAPTER XV.The territory of Lower California (California Baja) has been so much misrepresented, that although partially foreign to the object of this work, I consider it may not be uninter...