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Page 213
... gold and plowshares beaten into picks and shovels . From day to day , the acquisitive instincts of the miners were aggravated by tales that floated on every breeze . In the course of a week , it was said , two men found $ 17,000 worth of ...
... gold and plowshares beaten into picks and shovels . From day to day , the acquisitive instincts of the miners were aggravated by tales that floated on every breeze . In the course of a week , it was said , two men found $ 17,000 worth of ...
Page 216
... gold regions , what must have been San Francisco , where a fever for speculation raged , as the millions from mines ... gold in California provided in this selection with the account given in a textbook in American history . Point out ...
... gold regions , what must have been San Francisco , where a fever for speculation raged , as the millions from mines ... gold in California provided in this selection with the account given in a textbook in American history . Point out ...
Page 226
... gold . He dug deep , and he dug shallow , filling and washing a dozen pans , and was unre- warded even by the tiniest golden speck . He was enraged at hav- ing yielded to the temptation , and berated himself blasphemously and ...
... gold . He dug deep , and he dug shallow , filling and washing a dozen pans , and was unre- warded even by the tiniest golden speck . He was enraged at hav- ing yielded to the temptation , and berated himself blasphemously and ...
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