Judges, lawyers, doctors, even clergymen, could not claim exemption.

Culture and religion afforded feeble protection, where allurement and indulgence ruled the hour." Imagine, therefore, a fabulously rich mountain valley twelve miles in extent, occupied by more than ten thousand men and producing more than ten millions of dollars before the close of the first year! It is a stupendous demand on any imagination.

How might all this gold be sent out in safe-keeping?
We are told that the only stage route extended from Virginia City no farther than Bannack.

Between Virginia City and Salt Lake City there was an absolute wilderness, wholly unsettled, four hundred and seventy-five miles in width.

"There was no post office in the Territory.