Dr. Mitchell returned from California (some said with $30,000 in gold).

The evidence

• “Returning from California in the fall of 1855 (some said with $30,000 in gold). Dr.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/23-beloit-banking.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 526 / book p. 487

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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