We put up at a private boarding house, and the first business was to try and sell our gold dust.

So we went to the mint and were told we would have to wait ten days to run it through the mill, and we did not like to wait so long.

We were shown all through the mint and saw all the wonders of coin making.

Every thing seemed perfect here.

Beautiful machinery was in operation making all sizes of gold coins, from a twenty dollar piece down.