"Smiths flat: 5 Juni 1859", dateline on folded letter with manuscript "Downieville" postmark addressed to Peter Moller and Christ Lind, North Fork of the Feather River, County of Plumas, Cal., interesting miner content…my cousin, Lorenz, arrived here three weeks ago, healthy and enthusiastic. But because he did not especially like our tunnel, he preferred to stay here in this area just temporarily for a month, since it might be a long time yet before we get an payment out of our claim, because we have to make 4300 more feet of new tunnel… I broke two ribs in my chest and my right arm was so badly hurt that I cound't move it for 8 days, and my head was so swollen almost double. But now I'm already pretty well back to normall and… Prospecting is not not good here in this region, as almost all rivers and creeks have been worked already, and since prospecting here is bound up with significant expenses at the banks, a person can sometimes buy into a claim here cheaply"; stained, some separations, Fine (no photo). Estimate  $200 - 300. $0