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Immense Operations.

October 22, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Immense Operations.— During this season it has become fashionable for the miners instead of going to spots where the water is, or waiting for it to come, to bring it to rich localities where it is needed. Many heavy operations in turning the beds of streams, have recently been entered into and carried successfully through. … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive Tagged: American River, Auburn, Bear River, Deer Creek, Hangtown, Nevada Journal, Rock Creek, rough and ready, South Yuba, Water

FROM THE INTERIOR.

June 16, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

FROM THE INTERIOR. Sacramento Daily Union, December 30, 1852 Sonora. The Herald the 25th was handed us by the messenger of Wells, Fargo & Co. In the summary of mining intelligence, that journal says : ” We never remember to have experienced a more unpromising season than the present, for a new comer in the … [Read more…]

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers Tagged: 1852, Calaveras, California, gold country, Gold Rush, rough and ready, Sierra Nevada, Sonora

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