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In the early days of gold-digging, when men were flocking into the colony to hunt for treasure, so soon as the news got abroad of a great nugget being found by some lucky adventurers, or of some rich gold-bearing strata being struck, there was a sudden rush from all quarters to the favoured spot. Such a rush occurred at Majorca in the year 1863.
However, he and little Maitland matured their plans together, and coming to the conclusion that they could not very well have any satisfaction from Mr Capstan without telling tales, they determined to steal away from the ship when she got into harbour, and run away ashore up into the bush, Val Maitland retailing for Teddy's benefit the most wonderful stories anent gold-digging and bush-ranging stories that cordially agreed with his own fancy.
Uncle Sylvester rose and placed himself with his back to the fire, gently surveying the assembled group. "I was interrupted in a story of gold-digging last evening," he said blandly. "How far had I got?" "You were down on the San Joaquin River in the spring of '50, with a chap named Flint," chorused Cousins Jane and Emma promptly. "Ah! yes," said Uncle Sylvester.
Then who was I, do you know? I am curious about that. Cock. Why, you were an Indian ant, of the gold-digging species. Mi. What could induce me, misguided insect that I was, to leave that life without so much as a grain of gold-dust to supply my needs in this one? And what am I going to be next? I suppose you can tell me.
We shall join them, but let not the reader suppose that we intend to bore him or her with the statistics and details of Californian gold-digging. It is our purpose only to touch lightly on those salient points in the adventures of our wanderers which had a more or less direct bearing on the great issues of their lives.
Indigenous Productions Botanical Gardens Suggested Experiments Lack of Encouragement to Gold-diggers Prospects of Gold-digging We want "Nuggets" Who is to Blame? Governor's Salary Fallacies of a Five Years' Reign Neglected Education of the People Responsibilities of Conquest Progress of Christianity.
It was a gold-digging town, as such places are called, and had been built with great rapidity to supply the necessities of adjacent miners. It was constructed altogether of wood, but no two houses had been constructed alike.
When I reached a gold-digging or township, where I had been unable to get any one to announce a meeting, the first thing I did on arriving was to secure some Church or Hall, and, failing that, to fix on some suitable spot in the open air. Then, I was always able to hire some one to go round with the bell, and announce the meeting.
One corner was already dug, and I chose a fat-looking hill where the tops were well withered. There is all the pleasure that one can have in gold-digging in finding one's hopes satisfied in the riches of a good hill of potatoes.
Caldigate explained that he had never seen Mr. Crinkett, but that he had come to Nobble armed with a letter from a gentleman in England who had once been concerned in gold-digging. 'He's a civil enough gent, is Crinkett, said the miner; 'but he do like making money. They say of him there's nothing he wouldn't sell, not even his grandmother's bones.
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