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moment of confidence told him that the scientific party had found gold some days ago, but that Jenney had bound them to secrecy & they were not to tell the military - The ass !!! There are privates - soldiers in this comd who know more about gold hunting than he can ever hope to learn - I am very glad that we found this gold tho' we are entitled to no credit for it as the miners really found it - Se[??] letter to Genl Crook