Great & early on the California gold rush...
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December 16, 1848
THE WEEKLY HERALD, New York, December 16, 1848
* Early California Gold rush
* Pre 49ers
Page 4 has nearly a full column on: "The Gold Mines of California--Railroad to the Pacific" which begins:
* If the accounts which we are daily receiving from California concerning the gigantic mineral discoveries in that region...are to be relied upon...the western portion of our territory will, in a few years, rival the Atlantic coast in opulence, in population... great revolution...will be the immediate result...
with much more. There is yet another 3/4 column article: "The California Gold Mania--Its probable Effects" (see).
Plus pg. 6 has; "Assay of California Gold (see). Complete in 8 pages, very nice condition.
* Early California Gold rush
* Pre 49ers
Page 4 has nearly a full column on: "The Gold Mines of California--Railroad to the Pacific" which begins:
* If the accounts which we are daily receiving from California concerning the gigantic mineral discoveries in that region...are to be relied upon...the western portion of our territory will, in a few years, rival the Atlantic coast in opulence, in population... great revolution...will be the immediate result...
with much more. There is yet another 3/4 column article: "The California Gold Mania--Its probable Effects" (see).
Plus pg. 6 has; "Assay of California Gold (see). Complete in 8 pages, very nice condition.
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