GOOD DIGGINGS -- As Mr. FOUNTAIN, a contractor, was digging a cistern at the intersection of Main and Coloma streets, opposite the Cary House, Placerville, on Monday, August 19th, he found 8 feet down, dirt that paid $2.50 to the pan. At the same distance down he also found a piece of gold that was worth $55.50, at the rate of $17.50 per ounce.
Source: Stockton Daily Independent, August 1861
