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ore, there burrowing in the earth for coal.
Unscared by sullen soil and nipping air, the Yankee Boys and Sydney Ducks ascend the loftiest peaks and crown them with their English names.
Such names are records.
Each peak in front of us-Master's Hill, Mount Hamilton, Mount Day, Mount Lewis, Mount Wallace-tells a story of ascent and ownership.
Red Mountain is a British height, Cedar Mountain is a British height.
Behind us tower Mine Hill, Mount Bache, and Black Mountain.
Nearly all the passes in these alplets have the same great legend written in their names.
Between us and the San Joaquin river, three passes cut the range, and these three clefts are known as Corral Hollow Pass, Patterson's Pass, and Livermore Pass.
The pass from Clayton down to Black Diamond is called Kirker's Pass.
These citadels and avenues of nature are in Anglo-Saxon hands.
At Belmont we are lodged with William C. Ralston, one of the magnates of this bay; once a carpenter planing deals, then a cook on board a steamer, afterwards a digger at the mines, now the president of a bank, and one of the princes of finance.
1875.
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