The ground was so rich that as high as $180 in gold was taken from one pan of dirt; and from a plat of ground four feet by ten feet, between drift timbers, $1,100 worth of gold was extracted in twenty-four hours.
"The Young Alaskans on the Missouri"
Emerson Hough
At the bridge, a half mile below, the three remaining members of the party picketed the horses on a pleasant grass plat near the road.
"The Young Alaskans on the Missouri"
Emerson Hough
If it had only been in my nature to cry, I should have shed red hot tears of vexation, enough to burn up the little grass plat I stood on.
"Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves"
Frances Freeling Broderip