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The Feather River and its forks were a center of gold mining during the 19th century. Since the 1960s, the river has provided water to central and southern California, as the main source of water for the California State Water Project. Its water is also used for hydroelectricity generation.
It was founded by John Bidwell, who discovered gold near the Middle Fork of the Feather River on July 4, 1848. [4] Bidwell carried on a barter trade with local Native Americans, trading foodstuffs for the yellow rock which was of no particular value to the Native Americans. [4] As word of the gold discovery got out, a mining camp arose.
The power station replaced an earlier 1880 plant built by the Big Bend Tunnel and Mining Company for gold mining operations in the area which ultimately were unprofitable. In 1910, the Big Bend Dam, first permanent dam on the Feather River, was completed to increase the hydraulic head available to the powerhouse. [4]: 110–113
Plumas County – Gold was first found in this county at Rabbit Creek. $60 million in gold was found in the La Porte area. John Bidwell first discovered gold in the Feather River. Spanish Ranch had over $100 million worth of gold come out of it. In Crescent Mill they found a gold vein 20 feet thick. [3]
The North Fork Feather River is a watercourse of the northern Sierra Nevada and southern Cascades in the U.S. state of California.It flows generally southwards from its headwaters near Lassen Peak to Lake Oroville, a reservoir formed by Oroville Dam in the foothills of the Sierra, where it runs into the Feather River.
Train carrying over 100 tons of coal derails, spills into Northern California’s Feather River. Ishani Desai. February 12, 2024 at 4:31 PM. California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The Lost Sierra is a region bordered on the north by the North Fork of the Feather River, to the south by the North Fork of the Yuba River, to the west by the town of La Porte, one of the important gold towns of the late 1800s, and to the East by Eureka Peak – the mountain that appears on the Great Seal of the State of California. [3]
A tour guide died at a Colorado gold mine after an elevator experienced a mechanical issue hundreds of feet below ground, trapping a dozen tourists for several hours, authorities said. The ...