CHAPTER THIRTEENTH.--Venison--First View of the Gold

Regions--Surrounding Scenery--“Mormon Bar”--A Pocket--My Machine in Motion--Certainty of Success--First Dinner--“Prospecting”--A Good “Lead”--Disappointed Miners--A New Companion--A Higher Point on the River--Volcanoes--Snowy Mountain--Auburn--Lonely Encampment, 70