£200,000 Hidden in His Tent.

Thousands of people rushed to Skippers. There was no time to stop and build roads so they lowered one another on ropes over the terrible precipices and, weighed down with their mining tools, they swam through perilous rivers; but for all their pluck and hardships they knew that there was a golden reward awaiting them.

Those were the rough and tumble days of which you have often read, when robbers were everywhere. One man had £200,000 worth of notes and gold hidden in his tent. I wonder how long he took to spend it?

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