(Gold Miner's Letter) Good content A.L. S. from a California gold minor, 4pp. 8vo., Forest City, Ca., Jan. 19, 1997 In p ... I had not abandoned the quartz claim... you are required to do E1 00 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 mining sometimes very quick... E5,500 has been expended. Mo desperate content. Fine.