CHAPTER IX

--Sickness in the Mines. Earthquakes. The Steamboat Men.

A Miners’ Meeting. Lucky Bill. Kit Carson. The Financial Condition of the Miners. Australian Mike and His Tin Can. Portuguese Jo. The Divining-rod.

## CHAPTER X --Where the Rich Placers were Found. Miners’ Superstition.

The Blue Clay Deposit. Gold Machines.

## CHAPTER XI --The Indian War. A Change in the Social Conditions. The

Desperado. The Sailors. The Mines Worked Out.

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