Manuscript diary, housed in a 16mo, "Excelsior Diary" for the year 1896, 54 pp., plus blanks, miscellaneous notes and receipts and small pencil sketch, bound in original limp wallet-style binding, in good clean, legible condition. Accompanied by five mining claims, one letter…
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octavo, 10 pages, old folds and creases, neatly inscribed in pencil on thin paper, good, clean legible condition. This newly arrived miner describes his preparations to head over the pass to Dawson City, mentions large numbers of miners turning back before even setting…
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