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Title: Autograph Letter Signed by D.N. Priest, to his uncle, about gold mining and other matters in California Author: Priest, D. N. Place: Elizabethtown [Flat] (Plumas County, Cal.) Publisher: Date: March 24, [18]52 Description: 2½ pp. on 4-page lettersheet, addressed on p.4 with Sacramento postmark. 24.7x19.7 cm. (9¾x7¾"). Priest devotes nearly the entire letter to discussion of gold mining and his prospects, writing to his uncle in Ohio, who evidently bankrolled him and is expecting some of California's riches be sent him in return. "Conserning our business the time has expired that I was to been back if convenient but I have not come up to my expectations as I have lost nearly a year since I have been here with sickness... I have made enough so that you will not be a looser which you shal have as soon as I can get it to you our money is principally in stock... We have some money on hand but we are gowing into a job of work that will cost a great deal of money which will fechin some when completed that is to take water to the Digings we have not had but very little rain this winter... There has been very extensive diggings discovered here in the mountains that prove to be very rich they are found by sinking shafts there has been a great deal of labor spent at it some strike it while thousands don't... There was one man struck it here last fawl 4 of them took out from 8 to 11 hundred dollars per day they are exceptions..." Lot Amendments Condition: Some fading along folds, repair to tear where unsealed, not affecting writing, very good. Item number: 214992