Ka kammala wannan magana: Hawley ya koma San Francisco don ya halarci Kwalejin City a can a shekara ta 1865. Ƙari ga haka, ya soma koyan shari'a a ofishin wani lauya. A bayyane yake ya kammala aikin da yake so a lokacin bazara na 1867. Duk da haka, sai ya shiga cikin wasu matsaloli a San Francisco, cikakkun bayanai "ba a kiyaye su ba". A cewar wani asusun, ya gudu zuwa teku kuma ya ƙare a kasar Sin, a gefen hasara na
Tawayen Taiping. An ce, ya tsere wa mutuwa bayan da sojojin gwamnati suka kama shi ta hanyar kyawawan ayyuka na British consul. A kowane hali, Hawley ya koma Boise Basin a 1868, kuma ya sake fara hakar ma'adinai da bincike.