While the names of O'riley and McLaughlin, the real discoverers, are seldom heard.”.
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Where Old Virginny had recovered gold by the ounce, O'riley and McLaughlin were mining it by the pound.
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But O'riley and McLaughlin didn't know that,
and in those days it was common to settle mining disputes quickly without resorting to lawsuits- why waste money on lawyers when nobody knew how long the gold would last?