Story of John Searles

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John Searles' Story
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He came by way of wagon train in 1849 to join his brother Dennis in the California gold fields. An intrepid pioneer, courage and fearlessness were his only possessions.

Mining and farming in Indian creek, Shasta county, California, for several years the two brothers eventually disposed of their holdings and moved on searching for better prospects. In 1862 the brothers began working mining claims in the Slate range, just east of the present Searles lake. The vast dry lake was thought to be carbonate of soda.

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