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  2. Gold Country - Wikipedia

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    The Gold Country (also known as Mother Lode Country) is a historic region in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, that is primarily on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. It is famed for the mineral deposits and gold mines that attracted waves of immigrants, known as the 49ers , during the 1849 California Gold Rush .

  3. Mother lode - Wikipedia

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    The California Mother Lode is a zone from 1.5 to 6 kilometres (0.93 to 3.73 mi) wide and 190 kilometres (120 mi) long, between Georgetown on the north and Mormon Bar on the south. The Mother Lode coincides with the suture line of a terrane , the Smartville Block . [ 4 ]

  4. California State Route 49 - Wikipedia

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    The birthplace of Archie Stevenot, who helped found the California State Chamber of Commerce and was officially named "Mr. Mother Lode" by the California legislature in 1961. [25] 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. [26]

  5. Amador County, California - Wikipedia

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    Amador County is located approximately 45 miles (72 km) southeast of Sacramento in the part of California known as the Mother Lode, or Gold Country in the Sierra Nevada. Amador County ranges in elevation from approximately 250 feet (76 m) in the western portion of the county to over 9,000 feet (2,700 m) in the eastern portion of the county, the ...

  6. Mother lode (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Mother Lode (Methow Mountains), a mountain summit located in the North Cascades, in Okanogan County, Washington The Motherlode, a climbing area in the Pendergrass-Murray Recreational Preserve of Red River Gorge, Kentucky

  7. Motherlode (band) - Wikipedia

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    Motherlode was a Canadian pop rock group formed in 1969 in London, Ontario. [1] The group scored some success in the US with their single, "When I Die", [1] which hit #1 in Canada [2] and #18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1969. [3]

  8. Deadwood, British Columbia - Wikipedia

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    The copper claims include Big Ledge, Eagle, Butte City, Spoiled Horse, and Mother Lode. The Mother Lode became a great mine although Deadwood disappeared within a few years. Deadwood contained two hotels, a store, a post office and a school. Traces of the Algoma Hotel may still exist, although the town of Deadwood has disappeared. [3]

  9. Mother Lode (Methow Mountains) - Wikipedia

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    Mother Lode is a 7,905-foot-elevation (2,409-meter) mountain summit located in the North Cascades, in Okanogan County, Washington. [3] It is situated in the Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness , on land managed by Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest .