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2:33. January 24, 1848, was a big day for James W. Marshall, who found gold at Sutter's Mill (about 45 miles northeast of Sacramento). Word of his discovery quickly spread around the world ...
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Land ownership: National Forest Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to pro...
Record Type: Site Operation Category: Past Producer Operation Type: Unknown Years of Production: Organization: Significant: N Deposit Size:S
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains Physiographic Section:Sierra Nevada
Comment (Production): SOME ORE SHIPPED - NO PRODUCTION VALUES AVAILABLE Comment (Deposit): TACTITE IN QUARTZ - BIOTITE SCHIST Comment (Location): NE 1/2 SEC 22, UTM ACC. Comment (Deposit): 3 SMALL PARTIALLY ALTERED LAYERS OF MARBLE. Comment (Workings): TWO SHORT ADITS Comment (Geology): MARBLE LAYERS OF QUARTZ-BIOTITE SCHIST.
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1958; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TULARE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 54, NO. 3, P. 447-448. Reference (Deposit): KRAUSKOPF, K.B., 1953; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF MADERA, FRESNO, TULARE COUNTIES; DIV. OF MINES, SPEC. REPT. 35, P. 81. Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J.G.
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Map of California Historic Gold Mines, 1998. Author. Les Youngs, California Geological Survey (California Department of Conservation) Created Date.
Mar 29, 2023 · Gold Panning Tours in California. Gold panning tours are offered in various locations throughout California. These tours are a perfect way to learn about California’s rich history while enjoying the beautiful scenery. You can choose to pan for gold in the same rivers and creeks where miners struck it rich during the gold rush of the mid-1800s.
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Parole returned several times through the rest of the 1860s to hunt and prospect the area. He created the first modern camp site in the valley, at the confluence of the main Mineral King stream and Monarch Creek. In 1872, the small-scale explorations in search of good grazing, hunting and mining lands came to an abrupt end.
The Kaweah River is a river draining the southern Sierra Nevada in Tulare County, California in the United States. Fed primarily by high elevation snowmelt along the Great Western Divide, the Kaweah begins as four forks in Sequoia National Park, where the watershed is noted for its alpine scenery and its dense concentrations of giant sequoias, the largest trees on Earth.
