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Gold Rush: Martin The Wizard Magic Show Ticket, Volcano, CA (119668)

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Gold Rush: Martin The Wizard Magic Show Ticket, Volcano, CA  (119668)
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Red and white ticket: $3,000 in Prizes / Martin The Wizard's / 13th Gift / Entertainment, / At Volcano, Saturday Evening, December 22, 1860 / No. 283. Writing on reverse: Patick Vs. Kingsley / Filed Jan 9th / 1862 J. F, W. Bicknelll / Clerk. 3 x 2 1/2 inches. Rare gold rush town. The area was first known designated by Colonel Stevenson's men, who mined Soldiers Gulch in 1849. In 1851 a post office was established and by April 1852 there were 300 houses. By 1853 the flats and gulches swarmed with men, and there were 11 stores, six hotels, three bakeries, and three saloons. Hydraulic mining operations, begun in 1855, brought thousands of fortune seekers to form a town of 17 hotels, a library, a theater, and courts of quick justice. Ex: Ron Lerch Collection.

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Country (if not USA):
State: California
City/County: Volcano
Date: 1860