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Yankee Jims was once one of the largest mining camps in Placer County during the California Gold Rush.The Yankee Jim's post office operated from 1852 to 1940. [2] The name comes from an Australian criminal who hid stolen horses at the site before gold was discovered there.
Dutch Flat (also, Dutchman's Flat, [3] Dutch Charlie's Flat, [4] and Charley's Flat[4]) is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Placer County, California, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Auburn along Interstate 80. It was founded by German immigrants in 1851 and was once one of the richest ...
Placer mining (ˈplæsər) [ 1 ] is the mining of stream bed deposits for minerals. [ 2 ] This may be done by open-pit mining or by various surface excavating equipment or tunneling equipment. Placer mining is frequently used for precious metal deposits (particularly gold) and gemstones, both of which are often found in alluvial deposits ...
E Clampus Vitus. The Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus (ECV) is a fraternal organization dedicated to the preservation of the heritage of the Western United States, especially the history of the Mother Lode and gold mining regions of the area. There are chapters in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Washington ...
Gold mining today. [edit] Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Minein 2006. Colorado gold production was 270,000 ounces in 1892, 660,000 ounces in 1895, peaked in 1900 at 1,400,000 ounces, and reached over one million ounces in 1916 for the last time. Gold production in 1922 was 300,000 ounces, and 200,000 ounces in 1928.
Coleman City was founded in the early months of 1870 by the first placer miners who rushed to Coleman Creek, following the news of the discovery of gold there by A. E. Coleman who first discovered gold there in January 1870. Coleman, with earlier experience in the gold camps in Northern California, subsequently formed the Coleman Mining ...
Mother lode. (Left) Two water-worn gold nuggets from Tuolumne County. They are typical of larger nuggets found by the early California gold rush placer miners (each ~1.6 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm). (Right) Crystalline gold specimen from the California Mother Lode, probably from Tuolumne County (5.3 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm). The Mother Lode belt in California.
In the most complex placer mining, groups of prospectors would divert the water from an entire river into a sluice alongside the river, and then dig for gold in the newly exposed river bottom. [15] Modern estimates by the U.S. Geological Survey are that some 12 million ounces [ 16 ] (370 t ) of gold were removed in the first five years of the ...