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Ch. 4: Death Valley Trail

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Easier Roads to Fortune 71
When men without immediate responsibility find themselves with pockets full of gold dust, their spare time is not always well spent. Gambling was- universal and the monte table (above) drew like a magnet. "Our little village boasted of at least a dozen monte tables," wrote one of the Forty-Niners. "all of which were frequented at night."
High spirits, of one kind or another, led to the kind of horseplay pictured below.
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