That evening we all mingled freely with the miners, and witnessed the process of cleaning up and "panning" out, which is the last process for separating the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand.
The next day we continued our journey up the valley of the American Fork, stopping at various camps, where mining was in progress; and about noon we reached Coloma, the place where gold had been first discovered.

The hills were higher, and the timber of better quality.

The river was narrower and bolder, and but few miners were at work there, by reason of Marshall's and Sutter's claim to the site.

There stood the sawmill unfinished, the dam and tail-race just as they were left when the Mormons ceased work.
Marshall and Wimmer's family of wife and half a dozen children were there, guarding their supposed treasure; living in a house made of clapboards.

Here also we were shown many specimens of gold, of a coarser grain than that found at Mormon Island.