<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UHammond wathatha umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala wezimayini njengesazi esikhethekile se-US Geological Survey ngo-1879-1880 eWashington, DC. Wabuyela eCalifornia ngo-1881 ukuze ayosebenzela uSenator George Hearst, owayengusomabhizinisi wezimayini futhi enguyise kaWilliam Randolph Hearst. Ngo-1882, wathunyelwa ezweni elinenzondo eMexico, eduze kwaseSonora, ukuba abe umphathi waseMinas Nuevas. Lapho inguquko  <response>: Lapho bephuma, uHammond wafaka umkhaya wakhe endlini encane futhi walwa namavukela - mbuso ayehlasela. 