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The Golden Cauldron
By: William Secrest
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GENEALOGY INDEX: SEE MASSIVE INDEX BELOW PRINTED LARGE ENOUGH FOR US OLD FOLKS TO READ.
“All right, greaser, go find somewhere else to dig.”
Old Gold Rush
MEMORABILIA IS RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING
Folks, men came from al over the world to find gold, and were confronted with a seething cauldron of hate, ignorance and greed. The great gold rush of 1859 turned California into the melting pot of the world. Germans, British, Mexicans, French and Chinese flocked to the new El Dorado, each convinced that after a few months in the mines, he would return home a millionaire. And, in spite of the confusing variety of languages and customs, people of different backgrounds adjusted to each other quite well. Frankly,
They were just too busy to do anything but dig and mine for gold.
The Golden Cauldron
By: William Secrest
Still, this story documents incidents of racial injustice, hangings and explulsions because pioneer Americans just did not wan to share heir wealth with others. There were many a western story published – the common ones about Cowboys and Indians are listed on Ebay every day but the rarer ones about the day to day living conditions of our frontier miners of the old west are seldom found. Collectors treasure them and their price guide value rises every day. They are hard to find. I hunt them out because really the better, untold and rarer stories were published in the rest.
Here’s one of ‘em.
Following my retirement, I have dedicated my remaining hours to indexing the Genealogy of our western heroes. During my research, I discovered that thousands of our kinfolk lay unfound and unrecognized on some book dealer’s shelf gathering dust. Because Old Western History and Memorabilia was printed before computer indexing, I index every item I sell.
This complete index will be bound and included in this offering at no additional cost.
Humbly, I am trying to keep our history alive.
I hope you appreciate the effort.
The Golden Cauldron
By: William Secrest
ANCESTORS INDEXED HEREIN, CIRCA: 1859
ANCESTOR’S LOCATION: California
AUSTRALIANS
AYERS, James, participant of the “War”, wrote that some American miners had been driven from gold bearing ravines by folks from Chilie.
“BIG PETE”, leader of the Americans who was murdered.
BRITISH
CERVERI, Doris – noted author.
CHINESE
CORONEL, Antonio, Major of Los Angeles and state treasurer
DERBAC, Etienne, French Miner in Gold Rush *
DON JOSE DE LLAGUNO, forced to abandon his claim and some $1300 worth of mining equipment to save his life
ESCOBAR, Rafael, lynched *
EUROPEANS
FRENCH
FRENCHMEN
GERMANS
HOVEY, John – write in his diary of the rounding up of Mexicans by a local alcade
“JOHN”, Chinaman
KELLY, William, American Miner of 1849
KIRKPATRICK, Charles, miner who was perhaps typical of American Miners when he said “Vamous” to all other nationalities.
MATURANO, Senor - a Chilean gold miner.
MEXICANS
MURRAY, Walter, member of the volunteer group from Mormon Gulch
MURRIETA, Joaquin, Mexican bandit.
PERKINS, William, a Sonora shopkeeper.
PERUVIANS
PHOENIX - Sheriff, trailed original Mexican bandits who killed him.
SECREST, William, author
Picture 1) –Photo of drawing of Miners challenging others races * (courtesy of Doris Cerveri)
Picture 2) –Photo of: Miners often made the lives of Chinese miserable, cutting off their precious queens * (courtesy of Doris Cerveri)
Picture 3) – Sketch: The Americans stormed the outnumbered and out-gunned Frenchmen * (courtesy of Annals of San Francisco…Soule)
Picture 4) – sketch of the lynching of Rafael Escobar in August 1855, In Payment for his crime, hundreds of innocent Mexicans were massacred * (courtesy of Huntington Library)
Picture 5) – Sketch: A French Mining Contraption, advertised to lure Frenchmen into a company bound for California * (Courtesy of Bancroft Library)
Picture 6) – Photo of: Mexicans and other Spanish speaking peoples that were skilled miners and were prosecuted for their good fortune * (courtesy of Las Angeles County Museum)
Picture 7) – Photo of Etienne Derbec, a French miner in the gold rush * (Courtesy of Bancroft Library)
PLACES AND THINGS PROMINENTLY MENTIONED w * INDICATING PICTURE:
Alcalde
Alta California, San Francisco paper
Amadore County
Annals of San Francisco…Soule
Ararat, name of the town
Asiatics
Bancroft Library
Calaveras River
California
Canton, Chinese
Copher Flat
Dry Diggings, now Placerville
Drytowns
El Dorado
Foreign Miner’s Tax Law of 1850
Huntington Library
Justice of the Peace
Los Angeles County Museum
Los Angeles, California
Lower Rancheria
Mariposa
Mokelumne Hill
Mormon Gulch
Mother Lode
Placerville
Salmon River
San Andreas
San Francisco Alta, paper
San Francisco, California
Sonora
Stockton, California
Sutter Creek
Sutter’s Bar
Tower of Babel
The Golden Cauldron
By: William Secrest
Old Gold Rush
MEMORABILIA IS RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING
While others clip ads from magazines, I save history. It’s a shame that our past is being lost. It’s as simple as that.
What a story, Rare Story!!! Great Pictures. You will love it as it was published in this old complete western magazine of many years ago. The issue is in good condition, the cover is in vibrant color.
As clearly stated in my description, this is featured story in a rarely found and seldom read unusual and complete western magazine. I don't give out name of publication or date because I have caught competitors copying my index and work and trying to sell it as theirs. I hope you understand.