Lucky Baldwin
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- Nov 16, 2013
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- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
this is from the Californian; San Francisco, California; May 3, 1848:
Gold Mines of the Sacramento. — From a gentleman just from the gold region, we learn that many new discoveries have very recently been made, and it is fully ascertained that a large extent of country abounds with that precious mineral. Seven men, with picks and spades, gather $1600 worth in fifteen days. Many persons are settling upon the lands with the view of holding preemptions, but as yet every person takes the right to gather all they can, without any regard to claims. The largest piece yet found is worth $6.
that was about the last time it was ok to just wander in and start digging. researching the legal status of the ground u intend to enter is a pain in the ass, but it is a necessary inconvenience if u guys want to keep recreational prospecting legal. every time u break the law and get caught, u just give the damn gov't more ammunition to use against the rest of us.
is a sad fact, but in the land of the free now, one person f*cks up and 99 others lose their liberties because of it... this damn "moratorium" is a perfect example.
Gold Mines of the Sacramento. — From a gentleman just from the gold region, we learn that many new discoveries have very recently been made, and it is fully ascertained that a large extent of country abounds with that precious mineral. Seven men, with picks and spades, gather $1600 worth in fifteen days. Many persons are settling upon the lands with the view of holding preemptions, but as yet every person takes the right to gather all they can, without any regard to claims. The largest piece yet found is worth $6.
that was about the last time it was ok to just wander in and start digging. researching the legal status of the ground u intend to enter is a pain in the ass, but it is a necessary inconvenience if u guys want to keep recreational prospecting legal. every time u break the law and get caught, u just give the damn gov't more ammunition to use against the rest of us.
is a sad fact, but in the land of the free now, one person f*cks up and 99 others lose their liberties because of it... this damn "moratorium" is a perfect example.