| Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1891 - 1050 str.
...glimpse of something shining in the bottom of the ditch. There was about a foot of water running then. I reached my hand down and picked it up ; it made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold. The piece was about half the size and of the shape of a pea. Then I saw another piece... | |
| Rockwell D. Hunt - 1911 - 390 str.
...glimpse of something shining in the bottom of the ditch. There was about a foot of water running then. I reached my hand down and picked it up: it made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold. The piece was about half the size and of the shape of a pea. After taking it out I sat... | |
| Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh - 1914 - 732 str.
...glimpse of something shining in the bottom of the ditch. There was about a foot of water running then. I reached my hand down and picked it up; it made my...piece was about half the size and shape of a pea. * Presently he found more. He showed it to his men and all kept an eye out for gold, in a few days... | |
| Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh - 1914 - 738 str.
...glimpse of something shining in the bottom of the ditch. There was about a foot of water running then. I reached my hand down and picked it up; it made my...gold. The piece was about half the size and shape of a pea.1 Presently he found more. He showed it to his men and all kept an eye out for gold, in a few days... | |
| Charles Hallan McCarthy - 1919 - 560 str.
...something shining in the bottom of the ditch. There was about a foot of water running then. I reached down and picked it up; it made my heart thump for...piece was about half the size and shape of a pea." Presently Marshall found more. With a quantity he hastened to Butter's fort, where Sutter made a test,... | |
| Bailey Millard - 1924 - 584 str.
...glimpse of something shining in the bottom of the ditch. There was about a foot of water running then. I reached my hand down and picked it up. It made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold.. The piece was about half the size and of the shape of a pea. After taking it out I sat... | |
| Harvey White Magee - 1926 - 160 str.
...along the Mill Race after shutting off the water, when my eyes caught a glimpse of something bright and shining in the bottom of the ditch. I reached my hand...picked it up. It made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold. I gathered several more pieces of the metal from the ditch and showed them to the men... | |
| Samuel Eagle Forman - 1928 - 536 str.
...glimpse of something shining in the bottom of the ditch. There was about a foot of water running then. I reached my hand down and picked it up ; it made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold. The piece was about half the size and of the shape of a pea. Then I saw another piece... | |
| Robert Raymond - 1986 - 292 str.
...glimpse of something shining in the bottom of the ditch. There was about a foot of water running then. I reached my hand down and picked it up; it made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold.'38 Marshall hammered the pea-sized lump of metal on a rock, and when it flattened without... | |
| William S. Pierson - 1999 - 208 str.
...glimpse of something shining in the bottom of the ditch. There was about a foot of water running then. I reached my hand down and picked it up. It made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold." Various sources say this occurred on January 24,1848, whereas, others claim it was at... | |
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