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George Lane Park: 5520 West Avenue L-8 Located just outside city limits in the bordering unincorporated area of Quartz Hill. [2] [3] Municipal parks
In October 1850, George Roberts discovered gold in a quartz outcrop on Ophir Hill, [5] but sold the claim in 1851 to Woodbury, Parks and Co. for $350 (or about $13,000 today, adjusted for inflation). The Woodbury Company consolidated several local claims into the Ophir Hill Mine, but they mismanaged their finances and in 1852 were forced to ...
Quartz Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 10,912 at the 2010 census, up from 9,890 at the 2000 census. The name is also shared with the neighboring district areas of its border cities, Palmdale, and Lancaster. Quartz Hill was once home to the Quartz Hill Airport.
Hancock Park is a neighborhood in the Wilshire area of Los Angeles, California. [2] Developed in the 1920s, the neighborhood features architecturally distinctive residences, many of which were constructed in the early 20th century. Hancock Park is covered by a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ).
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Gold Hill in Grass Valley, California, was the site of one of the first discoveries of quartz gold [2] in California. While quartz gold was also found in other areas of Nevada County, California during the same time, it is this find near Wolf Creek that led to quartz-mining frenzy and subsequent creation of the Gold Country quartz-mining industry.
Carson Hill was one of the most productive mining areas in California. The largest gold nugget in the state was discovered here in 1854, weighing 195 pounds troy. [30] Angels Camp was founded in 1849 and became one of the richest quartz mining sections of the Mother Lode. [31]
Lancaster / ˈ l æ ŋ. k æ s t ər / is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California.As of the 2020 census, the population was 173,516, [7] making Lancaster the 158th-most populous city in the United States and the 30th most populous in California.