[ Autographs ] GOLD MINER'S LETTER Good content A.L.S. from a California gold miner, 4pp. 8vo., Forest City, Ca., Jan. 19, 1897. Inpart: "...I had not abandoned the quartz claim...you are required to do E100 worth of work on your claim...in hopes of striking a pocket...it has looked very poorly, and I may abandon it...fortunes are made inmining sometimes very quick... E5,500 has been expended..." More desperate content. Fine.