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October. Fire at Volcano destroying the St. George Hotel and other property.
November 4. Earthquake shock felt at Tarr's Mill. November 14. Fitzgerald killed by the caving of a bank at Lancha Plana.
November 18. William Golman found dead near his residence; cause of death heart disease.
December 13. Western Pacific Railroad Company incorporated.
1863.
January 8. Ground broken for the Central Pacific railroad at Sacramento.
January 20. Beeson's store entered by masked men. Beeson " bucked and gagged," and then robbed; names of robbers unknown.
February 3. Appeal to United States Supreme Court from the decision of Judge Hoffman in the matter of locating the survey of the Arroyo Seco Grant dismissed without a hearing.
February 9. Jerry Conley killed at Lancha Plana by the caving of a bank of gravel.
February 11. Harry Hatch, long known in Ama- dor county, died at the residence of D. C. White.
February 22. Construction of the Central Pacific railroad commenced.
Act approved by Governor granting ten thousand dollars per mile to the Central Pacific railroad.
April 25. A colored boy, aged eighteen, fatally stabbed his father.
May. Capp killed on his elaim at Pokerville by A. Moore.
June 2. J. S. Porter appointed Justice of the Peace for Township No. 4., vice H. Wood, resigned.
June 5. Conny Mahoney fatally stabbed by Jack Willson.
July 7. Precinct established at Copper Center.
July 7. Precinct established at Elliott's Ranch.
July 14. James H. Allen drowned in Sacramento river.
July 20. House of Edward Dosh, Ione valley, de- stroyed by fire ; loss, two thousand five hundred dollars.
July 21. Philip Morgan fell two hundred feet in a shaft of the Eureka mine, killing him instantly. 42
August 8. The Amador wagon road opened to the public.
August 17. Fernandino Belliuomini killed at French Bar by the falling of a timber.
September 7. Three prisoners escaped from the jail by making a hole through the brick walls.
September. Child of Sylvester Rogers, near Willow Spring creek, crushed by the displacement and rolling of a rock.
October. A. F. Northrup exhibited an apple weigh- ing thirty and one-half ounces, of the Glori Mundi variety.
November 4. Frederick Fernsner, of Drytown, com- mitted suicide by shooting himself.
November 14. Charles K. Williams killed by a fall in the shaft of the Plymouth mine.
November 15. A heavy wind blew down a tree on the house of B. Henderson, near Volcano, fatally injuring him.
November 17. Stage stopped and express robbed of two thousand dollars between Fiddletown and Drytown.
December 16. Peter McCabe died from injuries received by being thrown from a wagon.
December 31. Two teamsters robbed of five hun- dred dollars by highwaymen on the Carson grade. Three cases for murder came before the Distriet Court.
Thomas Hodge found dead in Cook's Gulch. No clue to the murderer.
Thieves were plentiful around Jackson.
Nevada City destroyed by fire. Loss, five hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
1864.
February 13. Samuel's store in Jackson robbed of eash and clothing amounting to seven hundred dollars.
February 21. David Armstrong died at Gold Hill, Nevada Territory.
February 24. The dwelling of George Clark, in New York Gulch, destroyed by fire; loss, three thousand dollars.
April 6. J. R. Blackwell and Sturtevant, near Yeomet, got into an altercation in which the first was killed and the latter severely wounded; cause, a woman.
April 14. Chestnut's building and Crosson's saloon, Oleta, destroyed by fire. Mr. Ford, jeweler, lost his tools and a portion of his stock.
June 13. The wire suspension bridge over the Mokelumne river, between Mokelumne Hill and West Point, feil with sixty head of cattle, all of which were killed. The bridge was about .fifty feet high.
August 20. Child of Mrs. Lewis, near Newton mine, burned to death by elothes taking fire.
September. Rattlesnake killed near Middle fork, Jackson Creek, measuring eight feet and three inches in length, thirteen rattles.
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October 26. Writs of ejectment at the instance of Benjamin Bellock issned against William Atkin- son, J. C. Fithian, Thomas Rickey, and others, by Judge Field.
November 22. E. Il. Chase and E. Rickey died at Ione City, as was believed, from small-pox.
. November. An elderly man by the name of Mer- chant killed by Michael Doonan.
1865.
January 6. Daniel Kerrigan was crushed to death in the Oneida mine, near Jackson.
January 8. C. N. W. Hinkson, Drytown, killed in a difficulty with his son-in-law, a Mr. Hadsell.
February 11. Captain Starr, with seventy-five sol- diers, come into lone valley to dispossess the settlers.
February 17. J. C. Fithian, William Scully, Charles Black, Samuel Deardorff, and others, ejected from their homes in Jackson valley, by Captain Starr and a company of United States troops, acting under the directions of Herman Wohler.
February 19. Herman Wohler shot at Ione.
March 6. Sccond body of soldiers enter Ione valley, making total number three hundred.
April 23. John Gaver arrested by Captain Starr for "exulting over the assassination of Lincoln."
May 5. Fire in Volcano. Loss, twenty thousand dollars.
May 8. L. P. Hall and W. M. Penry arrested by Captain Starr of Company D, United States Cav- alry, and conveyed to Fort Alcatraz.
June 6. Chinaman shot by an Indian at Sutter creek, for refusing to clean up his sluices for the Indian's benefit.
June 11. Fire in Amador City, destroying several buildings.
June 18. Herbertville quartz mill, near Amador, totally destroyed by fire. Loss, thirteen thousand dollars.
July 1. Fire in Jackson; Congress Hall, Washing- ton Hotel, and Schlacter's building, being consumed. Two men injured, one fatally, in the Eureka mine, by the falling of a timber. Hayne bled to death in a few minutes.
July 3. William Ritter, owner of ditch property in Amador county, shot near Michigan Bar, by masked persons. Sam. Marshall supposed to be one of the party.
July 17. Lipker killed in the Keystone mine, by the falling of a timber.
July 22. Earthquake shock felt through the county ; severest on the junction of the foot-hills and plains.
July 23. Andrew McClure fatally injured by pre- mature explosion of a blast in the Seaton mine.
July. Discovery of rich pocket in the Hinkley mine, Jackson.
August 10. Son of Mr. Raymond of Jackson, aged two years, drowned in Silver lake.
August 20. Quarrel among a party of Mexicans
ucar Aqueduct, in which one Francisco Vedall was killed by Manuel Peralto.
August 31. Azariah Sollers committed suicide, by shooting himself through the head. Cause, finan- cial embarrassment.
August. Central Pacific railroad purchased Sacra- inento Valley railroad.
October 8. Great fire in Ione, destroying one entire block.
October 12. Explosion of the steamer Yo Semite, in which W. A. Rogers, and Senator-elect G. W. Scaton, were killed.
October 26. James Cascy, while intoxicated, was run over by the stage in the night, near the sum- mit, and fatally injured.
October 27. Martin Collins killed in the Eureka minc, at Sutter Creek.
October 29. Spaniard killed by Mr. Moore, in a difficulty on Wilson's ranch.
October. J. W. Bicknell vs. Amador County, in Dis- trict Court. Plaintiff recovered $1,362.19, for acting as clerk of District and Probate Courts.
December 3. James Fagan killed near Drytown, by a cave in the Potosi mine.
December 23. A. H. Rose elected Senator, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of G. W. Seaton. Cosumnes copper mine shipped four hundred tons of ore during June, July, and August.
1866.
February 1. Attack made on a Chinese mining camp near Upper Rancheria, in which two China- men lost their lives. Dan Myers, hearing the firing, ran to the assistance of the Chinamen, receiving a ball in his knee, after which the robbers left.
February 28. The body of L. L. Leonard found west of the town of Enterprise, accidentally shot by himself.
February. David Robinson, mining near Volcano, picked up a nugget of pure gold, weighing five and three-fourths pounds.
March 18. Nugget found near Clinton, worth six hundred and thirty-five dollars and twenty-five cents.
March. Titus Rowe shot and instantly killed, by M. Tynan, who was acquitted at the June term of the District Court, 1867.
April 2. Mexican, name unknown, found dead in his claim, near Jackson.
April 3. Niel Toland killed near Irish Hill, by cav- ing of bank of earth.
May 16. Dr. Lund of Muletown, near Ione, com- mitted suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. Financial embarrassment.
May 20. Child of Mr. and Mrs. Galavia burned to death at Volcano.
June 2. Report of Supervisors, outstanding war- rants, exclusive of interest, $104,094.57}.
June 24. Anson Perry died from the effect of a pistol shot, by a Chinaman engaged in robbing a chicken roost.
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June 25. Hoisting works of the Sorocco mine, near Volcano, destroyed by fire.
June. Bank of California organized.
July 3. J. Weimbach killed by John Fridenburg, with a billiard ball, during a quarrel at Voleano.
July 4. Pedro Roja, a native of Chili, murdered by parties unknown, ncar Fiddletown.
Santa Nino, a native of Chili, killed at Jackson, by Louis Robinson.
A woman, named Paublo Monaz, killed in her house on Main street in Jackson, by a Spaniard known as Jose G. Froile.
Three men, Fitzgerald, Branahan, and Faulkner, burned to death while asleep, in a house at Copper Hill.
July 7. Precincts under the new registration law established by Board of Supervisors.
July 18. Otto Walther appointed Treasurer in place of L. Rabolt, declared ineligible.
August 16. Harvey Lee, Assemblyman from Ama- dor and Alpine counties, and Judge of the 16th Judicial District, thrown from a wagon and killed, in Sacramento.
August 18. J. H. Hammond robbed, and left tied to a tree near Sutter Creek, where he remained two days before he was released.
August 24. Water-melon brought into Jackson from Chaleur's ranch, Mokelumne river, weighing fifty- six pounds.
August. Wash. Wright, formerly connected with the press in the county, died at San Francisco of delirium tremens.
September. Four cases of murder to be tried in District Court.
October 10. M. Bates, near middle fork of Jackson, lost his house and contents by fire.
December 24. Z. H. Denman found a thirty-threc ounce lump of gold, near Grass Valley.
December 25. A. B. Crawford died.
December 29. Stage stopped between Forest Home and Ione City, by robbers; no treasure.
1867.
January 5. Mrs. Church and child drowned in Indian creek.
March 15. Nicholas Orleans killed in the Atchison quartz mine.
March 31. Italian stabbed by countryman, at Sut- ter Creek.
May 5. James Rodda and Samuel Poglaise killed, by falling down the shaft of the Plymouth mine. June 3. Manuel Timothy killed at Volcano, by the caving of his mine.
July 10. Philip Burger's brewery, near the Gate, consumed by fire. Loss, two thousand dollars.
July 20. John Phillips of Fiddletown, fatally stabbed during a quarrel, by W. T. Gist, formerly Deputy Sheriff of the county.
August 4. Wagstaff, of Volcano, thrown from a wagon going down the Sutter Crock hill, and fatally injured.
August 6. James M. Hanford appointed Justice of the Peace, vice H. T. Barnum resigned.
August 30. A. M. Ballard, a forty-niner, and for many years a resident of Volcano, fell from a bridge in Alamo, Contra Costa county, and sus- taincd injuries from which he died in a few hours. October 10. Amador Mining Company incorporated. Trustees, Alvinza Hayward, L. A. Garnett, F. Sunderland, A. H. Rose, and S. F. Butterworth.
October 22. D. R. Whitman crushed to death in the Eureka mine at Sutter Creek.
October 23. Two men fell one hundred feet in the Seaton mine, Drytown, and sustaincd no serious injury.
October 31. Large barn owned by O. N. Morse of Q Ranch, with three horses and eleven hogs, totally destroyed by fire. Loss, eight thousand dollars; insured for three thousand five hundred dollars.
November. 8. James C. McFarland, a fair-haired, girlish looking boy, convicted of attempting to commit murder by poisoning. A terrible natural depravity was proved. Sentenced to four years in State Reform School.
November 28. James Morgan, of the Oneida - mill, broke his leg.
November 30. A. M. Chappelle committed suicide, by tying weights to his feet, and jumping into the water.
December 3. First frost sufficient to kill melon vines. December 10. Mrs. Foster, a widow lady at Sutter Creek, was killed by a man called " Eureka John," by a blow from his fist.
December 16. R. Bradshaw removed from the office of Assessor and Collector, and James H. Lowrey appointed to fill the vacancy.
Deecmber 17. Joseph King killed in the R. R. mine by a cave, which lacerated the femoral artery, producing death in a short time.
December 27. Big Bar bridge nearly destroyed by high water; the loss falling mostly on Mr. Parrish. Deeember. Stage robbed rear Ione of ten thousand dollars, which was recovered by detectives.
Forty-five thousand gallons of wine made in the vicinity of Jackson. Estimate for county, two hundred thousand gallons.
1868.
January 1. Robinson, of Fiddletown, drowned in the Cosumnes river, near Yeomet.
January 4. Body of unknown man found on End- sley's ranch.
January 7. Boundaries of school districts estab- lished.
January 18. Brinn and Newman's storc at Sutter Creek robbed of goods valued at one thousand dollars.
February 15. Steckler's house at Jackson burned, the inmates barely escaping.
February 25. Owen Fallon, a respectable man,
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being mistaken for an escape from Mokelumne Hill jail, was shot by William Boyd.
March 29. Isaac's store at Newtonville destroyed by fire; supposed to be the work of an incendiary. Loss, three thousand dollars.
April 3. First train of cars run on Western Pacific railroad.
April G. Stage robbed on the Mokclumne Hill road. Wells Fargo & Co.'s box rifled. Robbers caught the same day.
April 19. Fire at Volcano, destroying Mooney's saloon, and other property. Loss, twenty thou- sand dollars.
May 16. Fire at Sutter Creck, destroying Sheri- dan's harness shop, Myer's saloon, Cuppet's tin shop, Grady's saloon, and Sutter Creek bakery. Loss, ten thousand dollars.
May 26. Shoemaker shot in Sacramento by A. B. Conrtwright, formerly of Ione.
May 27. Large fire in Jackson, originating in China- town. Loss, fifteen thousand dollars; mostly prop- crty of A. C. Brown.
June 2. Fire in Volcano, destroying Goldworthy's saloon, Burleson's warchouse, and other property. June 10. Amador wagon road leased to John Hosley.
June 13. William Moore tried several times for murder; the jury in the cases disagreeing, he plead guilty, and was sentenced for one year to State prison.
June 16. Fire at Volcano, destroying Sorocco's store.
June 17. District Court decided that James Carroll was the lawful Supervisor for District No. 1, thereby ousting C. H. Ingalls.
June 25. A man by the name of Williams fell into the Eureka shaft and was instantly killed.
June 27. Captain Richards shot by Levy Conley at Volcano; did not terminate fatally.
July 12. Ed. Burns falls four hundred feet in the Eurcka mine, at Sutter Creek, and is instantly killed.
August 25. Workmen killed in Eureka shaft at Sutter Creek.
September 7. Kennedy mill started.
September 11. D. C. White's house, Jackson, burned. September 12. Volcano burned from the St. George to Casinelli's store, including Fridenburg's saloon, Nicholas' meat market and stable, George Shaffer's saloon, and other property.
September 23. Death of Mrs. A. H. Rose, at Ama- dor City.
October 21. Earthquake at San Francisco; sharp shoek along the foot-hills of Amador county.
November 28. Cuneo's house, about two miles from Jackson, burned.
December 30. Fire in Jackson. Loss, fifteen thou- sand dollars.
Year of fires at Voleano, five having occurred. 1869.
January 1. Attempted murder of two children and suicide, by J. R. Walker, at Zimmerman's ranch,
ncar Mokelumne river. One child, a son, died January 13.
January 2. Stage robbed by four highwaymen, between Fiddletown and Drytown.
January 21. Isaac Pierce killed by Joseph Damonti, near the Newton copper mine.
February 10. High water; streams as full as in '61, without doing much injury.
February 11. Chinaman found frozen to death on the hill above the Jackson brewery.
March 14. Coblentz's store at Fiddletown partially destroyed by fire.
March 22. Sanguinetti's store-house, at Jackson, burned. Loss, one thousand dollars.
April 6. Stage line established to Galt, connecting with the California Pacific railroad.
April 21. Mexican found dead near Fiddletown, supposed to have been murdered by Chinamen.
April 29. Death of Judge S. W. Brockway, of con- gestive chills, in San Matco county, at the house of Alvinza Hayward.
May 10. Union Pacific and Central Pacific rail- roads met at Promontory Point.
May 30. Frenehman near Volcano committed sui- cide by shooting himself.
Chinaman near Volcano committed suicide by hang- ing.
German, namc unknown, near New York ranch, committed suicide by taking strychnine.
June 24. Stage line to Galt established.
June 27. John Scandling killed at the Oneida mine, by falling down the shaft.
August 1. Dwelling of A. P. Woods near Fiddle- town destroyed by fire.
August 6. Fire at Jackson, destroying Martell's blacksmith shop, Berry's livery-stable, Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express office; supposed to be incendiary. August 8. Attempted assassination of Phipps, engin- eer at Keystone mill.
August 21. Fire in Jackson, destroying the shop of Edward Muldoon, and the dwelling-house of San- guinettti Caminetti.
September 6. John Fitz Simmons' store at Buena Vista entered, safe abstracted and robbed. Loss, slight.
September 11. John Cables, at Indian Diggings, assassinated in the night time by unknown parties. September 12. J. Foot Turner, of Jackson, attacked with paralysis.
September 19. Salc of the Keystone mine and mill, by A. H. Rose to a San Francisco company, for one hundred and two thousand dollars.
October 8. Charles Curratto found dead near the Court House, with the appearance of having fallen from an upper window.
October 13. Union Ilouse at Jackson fired by Julia Dorr, the cook.
November 6. Francis Tibbetts of Sutter Crock died, aged forty-five years.
December 6. Lamb's bridge fell, instantly killing
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George Kopp of Sutter, with seven of the eight horses composing the team.
December 19. House of Joseph Zerga, at Clinton, destroyed by fire.
California Steam Navigation Company transferred all their property to the Central Pacific Railroad Company, sometime during the year.
1870.
February 7. Board of Supervisors passed a resolu- tion, requesting our delegation in the Legislature to use their influence to get a law passed author- izing and compelling the Board of Supervisors to set aside sixty cents on each hundred dollars, as a sinking fund for outstanding registered warrants. March 2. An Italian, name unknown, killed in his elaim by a cave of earth.
March 15. Thomas Leach killed by Joseph in a quarrel.
March 18. Act approved to provide for the redemp- tion of outstanding warrants, and to prevent a farther increase of the debt of said county.
April 10. Amador mine took fire on the seven-hun- dred-foot level, men all escaping.
April 18. Stage robbed between Ione and Fiddle- town of two thousand dollars; robbers arrested, and money recovered.
The house of John Kelly, near Jackson, destroyed by fire.
April 30. A son of Mr. Veley, living near Jackson, fell from a tree, and was fatally injured.
May 15. School-house at Sutter Creek burned by an incendiary.
May 20. Isaac Tripp, a highly respected citizen, killed by a cave of earth in his claim at Butte City. May 28. Fire at Sutter Creek, destroying McHenry's saloon, Byrd's barber shop, Joyce's tin shop, Tib- bett's pattern shop, Quinlan's saloon, Harris' vari- ety store; supposed to be the work of an incendiary. May 29. Snow fell at Pine Grove.
June 4. Hubert Pritchard, formerly a resident of Volcano, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a pistol.
June 20. Row in a camp of Indians, resulting in the death of one, and seriously wounding several more.
July 8. Tom Taylor, an Indian desperado, killed with a dose of strychnine by another Indian, on account of wounded honor in family matters.
July 29. Two Chinamen killed at Sutter Creek, by the falling of a bank of dirt.
August 7. Stage stopped near Volcano, and Wells, Fargo & Co.'s treasure box robbed of a bar of gold worth five thousand dollars; four thousand dollars was offered for the apprehension of the robbers.
August 20. Larry Gannon killed in the Eureka mine, by falling out of the bueket.
August. Laborers' Association established at Sutter Creek.
September 8. Robert Bass' house, in Ione City, burglarized of coin to the amount of one hundred and seventy-five dollars.
1871.
March 7. Tax of the Arroyo Seco Grant company reduced from $11,499.67 to $7,287.50. Assessed value, $394.500.
Tax on Oneida mine reduced from the basis of assessment of $100,000, to that of $76,800, making the taxes $2,238.72.
July 23. Shooting affray at Sutter Creek, in which Hugh McMenemy and E. W. Hatch lost their lives.
August 28. Death of J. Foot Turner, County Judge, at Jackson.
September 12. T. M. Pawling appointed Judge in place of J. Foot Turner, deceased.
October 1. Indian killed by members of his tribe, in a drunken row.
October 4. Three Indians near Ione lassoed a Mexi- can, and dragged him until he was dead.
October 7. House of Chas. Bennett, Sutter Creek, destroyed by fire.
November 11. Giovanni Quirolo fatally injured in the Paugh mine, near Clinton.
December 23. High water and dangerous traveling; roads nearly impassable.
December. J. A. Eagon announced his intention of acting with the Republican party.
1872.
February 5. Lamb's bridge fell, instantly killing Larkin Lamb and John Kirk.
February 13. A Chileno killed a Mexican in Mur- derers' Gulch, near Drytown.
February 17. L. N. Ketcham, formerly State Sen- ator from Amador county, died at Yreka.
February 23. J. W. Holman fatally shot during a quarrel, by W. Johnson, who was sentenced to State prison for life.
March 1. Austrian killed in the Eureka mine, by the falling of a stick of timber.
March 23. Hoisting works of the Summit mine destroyed by fire; supposed to be incendiary.
March 24. A. McElrath instantly killed in the Mahoney mine, by a swinging stick of timber.
March 25. Severe shock of earthquake felt all over the county, 2:30 A. M.
May 1. Stage robbed between Pine Grove and Vol- cano, of ten thousand dollars.
May 11. The Marklee mine cleaned up thirteen thousand dollars, after sixteen days' run with twelve stamps.
June 13. Amador mine (Eureka) took fire; Tom Frakes seriously injured during the efforts to con- trol it. Loss, one hundred thousand dollars.
June 15. George Parker, of Plymouth, thrown from a horse while riding in Sutter Creek, and becoming entangled in the stirrups, was dragged to death.
July. Kennedy mine in twelve days' run made . nine thousand dollars.
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August 25. August Mebarnan thrown from a horse and killed, near Jackson.
September 1. W. H. Bledso thrown from his horse and instantly killed.
September 12. Fire in Sutter Creek on Eureka street, destroying several buildings.
September 13. A son of George Pregnall fell from a wagon, near Mace's mill, and broke his neck.
September 19. Italian boarding-house at Sutter Creek burned.
September 20. Fire in Sutter Creek, consuming dwelling-house, and other property.
October 18. House of Clement Zeres, at Volcano, destroyed by fire.
November 15. Richard Jackson thrown into the Amador shaft (Eureka) by the swinging of the hoisting tub, and precipitated to the bottom, thir- teen hundred feet, tearing his body to pieces.
November 18. Peiser's clothing store and Peck's butcher shop, at Sutter Creek, burglarized. Loss, one thousand dollars.
November 20. James Burke ran over by his team, and fatally injured.
December 2. Store of S. Hanford, Volcano, destroyed by fire. Loss, forty thousand dollars.
December 5. George Howard's barn with contents, near Jackson, destroyed by fire.
December 21. James Cole found dead in his cabin near the Oneida. Excessive drink.
December 23. J. L. Howard, foreman of the Lincoln Mining Company, Sutter, caught in the machinery, and instantly killed.
December. Phonix mill, at Plymouth, forty stamps, put in operation.
1873.
January 6. Total indebtedness Amador county, $208,884.58.
January 13. Attempt to poison four men with strychnine, by putting it in the bread; James Avis, John Yates, N. Rodovieh, and an Austrian, par- taking were made sick, but recovered.
February 1. Shooting affray at the Lincoln mine, on account of strike and change of time. No one killed.
February 16, 17. Heavy snow-storm; several inches at Jackson, two feet at Pine Grove, three feet at Butterfield's.
February 18. Stabbing affray between George En- field and Cal Dickens, the former being seriously wounded.
February 21. John J. Watkinson, formerly of Ione, shot and killed J. S. Robinson at Vallejo.
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