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Sutter
Photographer: Merle Porter - Published by Royal Pictures - Colton,Ca
Caption: Sutter's Saw Mill
Additional Description: It was a cold clear morning of Jan. 24,1848 that Jim Marshall discovered gold in the ditch that carried the water from the American River to power the saw mill. Marshall was a millwright and worked for Sutter. They entered a partnership in that Sutter put up the money, paid for wages and provisions. Marshall built the mill. The men working on the project did their best to keep the gold discovery quiet but around Sutter's fort disbanded Mormon soldiers soon heard of it and word of the strike spread like wildfire. Marshall discovered gold in Hangtown, Indians discovered gold at Kelsey, in a short time gold was discovered up and down the Mother Lode. Marshall died broke...M.P.
Submitted: October 7, 2008, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p38290
File Size: 0.459 Megabytes

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