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ter the rainy season, many of them in debt, and but few with 
sufficient means to buy a month’s provisions. In the latter com¬ 
pany were several young Philadelphians, sons of the first men 
of that city; an adventurous spirit had induced them to leave 
their homes, and they were now encountering the realities of 
active life. Lacy’s Bar was next in order; there were many 
rich private leads in the vicinity of this bar, and it contained 
within its bounds many rich deposits. Soon after the comple¬ 
tion of the canal the bar was offered for sale—a fire or flood at 
St. Louis making the proprietors’ return to the States impera¬ 
tive. I was unable to learn whether said fire or flood above- 
mentioned had actually transpired or was merely in anticipa¬ 
tion, nor am I prepared to name the precise amount of net profits 
made by the purchasers of the above bar. Next is the Mor¬ 
mon Bar; the details as well as the result of this enterprise have 
been heretofore given. The next is Kentucky Bar; this under¬ 
taking paid to each stockholder seven hundred dollars, which 
was good wages. Next was Neptune’s, commonly known as 
“dead man’s bar,” the body of a miner having been found upon 
it; this bar was worked by sailors, and was the most productive 
in the country. It was said by those concerned, that they 
generally took out one pound ($200) per day to the man. The 
rainy season, however, destroyed their works before they had 
accumulated fortunes. The next bar was small, and without a 
name; operations here were unsuccessful, and soon abandoned. 
The next bar I will name Woodworth’s Bar; when I visited 
it three men were working a machine made by a Mr. Wood- 
worth, of New York city; its construction was somewhat on the 
plan of, and much resembled, a large sized coffee-mill. For 
mining purposes the coffee-mill would have been decidedly pre¬ 
ferable. Fortunately for miners but few of the machines made 
in the States ever found their way into the mineral regions; 
this being the only one I saw during my stay in the country. 
Immense numbers were shipped, and arrived in the bay of San 
Francisco; but, being pronounced entirely worthless, they were 
thrown overboard, not worth even the lighterage. This bar also 
proved a failure. The next below was Lehigh Bar; this was 
canalled, and immediately abandoned as worthless. Then came 
Little and Great Horse-Shoe Bars, neither of which paid for the 
