The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - Prospecting in '49; or, The Immense "Find!"

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(New York Weekly edition - source: Stanford Libraries)
(Good News edition - source: NIU Libraries)

Combined Summary

Online Full Text: Northern Illinois University (Good News edition)
Stanford Digital Repository (New York Weekly edition)
Series: Good News v. 7 no. 173 — page 2766
New York Weekly v. 19 no. 38 — page 4
Alternate Title: Prospecting in '49
Subject / Tag: Sketch
Author: True, Royal
Dates: August 11, 1864 (New York Weekly edition)
August 26, 1893 (Good News edition)
First Sentence: It was near the close of a glorious summer's day in '49, that the crazy old ship in which I had embarked for the "El Dorado" of the western world, sailed up the bay of San Francisco, and dropped her anchor before the modern Babel. (New York Weekly edition)
It was near the close of a glorious summer's day in '49, that the crazy old ship in which I had embarked for the "El Dorado" of the Western world, sailed up the bay of San Francisco, and dropped her anchor before the modern Babel. (Good News edition)
Last Sentence: The hardy miner, who now seeks wealth on the Feather River, must dig deep in the bowels of the earth for the glittering dust, or in the mountains dislodge the vast masses of gold-bearing quartz, with the aid of gunpowder, that efficient agent, which in '49 was used in California for little else than the destruction of human life. (Good News edition)

Known Editions

New York Weekly edition (page 4 in New York Weekly, v. XIX, no. 38, August 11, 1864)
Good News edition (page 2766 in Good News, v. 7, no. 173, August 26, 1893)

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