Summering in the Sierra. John Muir Discourses of the Ancient River Channels. Their Importance as Gold Fountains-Eccentric Characters. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Murphy's Camp, Calaveras County, July 17th.

Authors

• John Muir

Files

Kimes Entry Number

057

Original Date

7-26-1876

William and Maymie Kimes Annotation

""The sleepy little village of Murphy's Camp is situated in the center of a gold basin of extraordinary richness .... [R]emnants of dead fire rivers, and dead water rivers, are developed here side by side within a radius of three miles, and laid invitingly before the student like an open book."" Muir proceeds to turn the pages of this book in his discourse on the ancient river channels. Appreciating the eccentric pioneers, he writes: ""As the heavy grinding of the glaciers brought out the features of the Sierra, so the intense experiences of the gold period have brought the mental features of these old miners, forming a richness and variety of character of which little is as yet known.""

Publication

San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin

Page/Column

p. 1, col. 4

See also Kimes Entry Number

See also no. 189, pp. 325-329; no. 341, v. 5, pp. 60-65

Recommended Citation

Muir, John, "Summering in the Sierra. John Muir Discourses of the Ancient River Channels. Their Importance as Gold Fountains-Eccentric Characters. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Murphy's Camp, Calaveras County, July 17th." (1876). John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986). 46.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmb/46