It was in the spring of 1850 when the word of the incredible richness of gold at a place called Downie's Flat swept downstream and sent a crowd of wide-eyed wannabe millionaires scurrying to the new gold strike.
Original discoverers were digging a pound of gold a day out of the rocky crevices with a butcher knife.
When those Johnny-come-latelies arrived at Downie's Flat they were not so cordially received by the dozen or so original discoverers who'd spent a hard winter up there. A prosp
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