CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH RELIC. OCTAGONAL POLISHED STONE SOUVENIR FROM MOCCASIN CREEK, TUOLUMNE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, DATED 4 JULY 1859

by California, Tuolumne County, Moccasin Creek, Big Oak Flat

$2,250 · Offered by L. W. Currey

Moccasin Creek, California, 1859. Octagonal polished stone, 8.5 cm 3 1/4 inches in diameter, 1.5 cm 5/8 inch thick. Rare late-Gold Rush relic from Moccasin Creek in Tuolumne County. On one side is engraved Moccasin Creek / Tuolumne / County / Cal, on the other July 4, 1859 / Eth. D. Halfman. During the height of the California Gold Rush about 2000 people of all nationalities were in Moccasin Creek canyon. It was teeming with miners ... the side hills

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