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English
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Diary
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The California Gold Disovery : Sources, Documents, Accounts, and Memoirs Relating to the Discovery of Gold at Sutter's Mill
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Georgetown, Calif.
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Talisman Press
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61-62
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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.