The Golden Fleece of the sunny West was beckoning them on.

New Argos were fitted out for the new Colchis.

The Argonauts of 1849 were willing to brave all dangers.

It is Joaquin Miller who sings-- "Full were they Of great endeavour.

Brave and true As stern Crusader clad in steel, They died afield as it was fit-- Made strong with hope, they dared to do Achievement that a host to-day Would stagger at, stand back and reel, Defeated at the thought of it." There were three ways of reaching the gold fields.