CHAPTER XII.

YUBA--THE MINER’S TENT.

Trip to the Mines--Modus Operandi of Single-handed Mining--Names

of Bars--Mining Laws--More Gentility and Nobleness of Soul among

the Miners than any other Class of People in California--The case

of a Highwayman--Description of a Miner’s Tent--His Diet and

Cooking Utensils--Toilsomeness of Mining--Proceeds of three months’

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