Many area ranchers and miners took advantage of the opportunity.
Ralph Hooper eventually had to let her go and another miner took his place.
The miners take a dance with you every chance they get.
"Almost looks like the other miners just took care of them," suggested the local Cadmian captain.
Most miners going to the California gold fields in 1849 and 1850 took very little with them.
The miners took some time to reflect on their situation and prepared for the worst.
Many trips and events have been run from here, with the miners taking their families on day trips, as a community.
In 1913, it employed 10 laborers and 25 miners to take 500 tons of coal a day.
The colored miners rarely took a chance in buying mining stock.
The black miners take home up to $250 a month.