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2 Enterprise & energy of the
people there employed. ~
Sinking shafts – making tunnels – erecting
mills – carrying water in ditches &c [etc.] &
making dams & flumes – beside the
tearing out of rocks & trees in the
beds of streams, & the throwing up
of acres of dirt – & the pumping
of lakes of water ~

3. The gold is to be got in future
by more severe processes than ever.

Places of long standing nearly
done with. Nature has done
much for them. Now the work of
nature must be done by men.
Yield will be great enough – but
will come by more labor &
Capital expended ~