Title: Autograph Letter Signed by John Parrott, to his father, describing gold mining activities and other matters Author: Parrott, John Place: Sacramento Publisher: Date: Jany. 30th 1851 Description: 3+ pages on 4-page lettersheet, addressed on p.4 with Sacramento postmark. 27x21.5 cm. (10¾x8½"). Well-written and very legible letter notable for the detail given on a prospective gold mining project. After the usual lament about lack of news, Parrott relates that he "bought into a company which are commencing extensive mining operations at that place and the prospect for this time bids fair for a good summers work... In the first place the company 50 in number have dug a race the whole length of the bar or flat directly in front of the town and about 100 rods long - and as deep as the bed rock and now intend to work out the whole bar - you can imagine what amount of labor it will require when I inform you that about three acres of this bar is to [be] turned over and before we reach the gold about 8 feet of top soil will have to be removed..." Lot Amendments Condition: Small hole and 1" chip from unsealing, affecting a few words; very good or better. Item number: 214993
Title: Autograph Letter Signed by John Parrott, to his father, describing gold mining activities and other matters Author: Parrott, John Place: Sacramento Publisher: Date: Jany. 30th 1851 Description: 3+ pages on 4-page lettersheet, addressed on p.4 with Sacramento postmark. 27x21.5 cm. (10¾x8½"). Well-written and very legible letter notable for the detail given on a prospective gold mining project. After the usual lament about lack of news, Parrott relates that he "bought into a company which are commencing extensive mining operations at that place and the prospect for this time bids fair for a good summers work... In the first place the company 50 in number have dug a race the whole length of the bar or flat directly in front of the town and about 100 rods long - and as deep as the bed rock and now intend to work out the whole bar - you can imagine what amount of labor it will require when I inform you that about three acres of this bar is to [be] turned over and before we reach the gold about 8 feet of top soil will have to be removed..." Lot Amendments Condition: Small hole and 1" chip from unsealing, affecting a few words; very good or better. Item number: 214993
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