"Engineer" Brown studied some of the ore that was discovered by Mooers, Burcham, and Singleton. He then recommended that they prospect at a higher elevation on the mountain. With Burcham still in San Bernardino with his wife, it was left to Mooers and Singleton to take Brown's advice. Which they did.
The two men became overjoyed when they found that the higher they went, the more gold they found. Stanton- the investor- took this opportunity to point out that a lot of money would be needed in order to work such a large deposit.
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