The California Gold Disovery : Sources, Documents, Accounts, and Memoirs Relating to the Discovery of Gold at Sutter's Mill
Georgetown, Calif.
Talisman Press
1966
61-62
January 13, 1848 to February 14, 1848. Bigler spends the winter working at Sutters Mill. He is present when gold is discovered and stakes a claim for land and another for gold. He records a sudden rush to Sutters Mill, and complains that theres no respect for claims.