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is from: The Atlantic to the Pacific: What to See and How to See
it (1873), by John Erastus Lester Tourists will naturally desire
to visit some of the towns, where they can observe closely the
various operations connected with gold-mining, which is such an
important industry of California. This can be done by leaving
the main line of railroad at any station in the mining-region
and going a little way into the country. Indeed, on the main
line of the Central Pacific are several towns, where almost the
only occupation of the people is gold-digging. A short
description of some of these towns, and suggestions as to the
routes to be taken, will not be out of place. Dutch Flat, which
lies in a hollow near the station, of same name on the main line
of Central Pacific, is an important town of 2,000 inhabitants,
where the chief pursuit is mining. Three miles to the north-west
is Little York,