In a message dated 6/5/2000 8:07:32 AM Pacific Daylight Time, jbhazen@uswest.net writes: << Hello list, I am a new subscriber to this list, but a veteran of several other wonderful rootsweb lists... Was just downloading and reading exerpts from a diary written by my gg uncle..about his travels from upstate New York in St. Lawrence County to the California Goldfields sometime in the 1860's (I am guessing, as we haven't come across a date yet). A distant cousin is struggling with the task of deciphering the poor copy in hand..but.. in this first installment, the location "Rich Gulch" is mentioned, and later he mentions the Calaveras River. I have a US atlas, but the river doesn't show up....He mentions friends from home, evidently mining a > Hello Judy: In a book I have the History of Amador County published 1927 by the Federations of Women's Clubs. Rich Gulch is described as being where the Guin Mine is now. At one time Amador County was part of Calaveris County. This may help you pinpoint the location. Carol in Reno