Oroville District

It is mainly a dredging field that extends from just west of the city of Oroville southwest along the Feather River to a point about five miles due east of Biggs. ... gold placer mines: California Div. Mines Rept. 26, pp. 383-384. O'Brien, J.C., …

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Magalia District

The Magalia district is in north-central Butte County 15 miles northeast of Chico. It is bounded on the west by Doe Mill Ridge and on the east by the West Branch of the Feather River. It extends from Paradise on the south to several miles west …

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A Lady's Life in the Gold Rush

Built near the Feather River, between Sacramento City and Marysville, Plumas City no longer exists. On June 7, 1851, Fayette set out with a friend to Rich Bar, hoping the pure mountain air would be good for his health. He also hoped that good mining investment opportunities existed at the camp, and that there was a shortage of doctors.

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Nelsons Bar

"This small mining settlement was named for Bejamin Nelson who discovered gold here in 1850. The town sprawled on both sides of the West Branch of the North Fork of the Feather River, across which many ferries and bridges were built and all were lost to …

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Feather River District – Western Mining History

The Feather River District is a gold mine located in Butte county, California. About the MRDS Data: All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

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The Dogtown Nugget

The claim was northeast of Dogtown in the canyon by the West Branch of the Feather River. It was reported a 96-ounce piece of gold was uncovered in 1854. The Willard claim was also the site where on April 12, …

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Feather River California Photos, Images & Pictures

High water in the West Branch of the Feather River. Save. Long exposure of water traveling under bridge on Jordan Hill Road, Paradise California. ... This rugged, mountainous area in the Sierra Nevadas was a center for gold mining during the 19th century. Save. Photo of Oroville Dam and feather river in central California.

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Butte County, California Mines – Western Mining History

Western Mining History is your source for over 116,000 mines in the western states. California Gold "Where to Find Gold in California" looks at the density of modern placer mining claims along with historical gold mining locations and mining district descriptions to determine areas of high gold discovery potential in California.

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West Branch of the Feather River (Naked Lady)

Put-in: Return to Pentz Road and turn right. Follow for a mile. Turn right on Skyway Road and follow of 0.4 miles. Turn right on Coutolenc Road. Continue for 0.5 miles until you see a lard dirt road off to your right. Follow that road (Jordan Hill) downsteeply to the bridge over the river. View West Branch Feather, Naked Lady in a larger map

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Gold mining around Oroville | My Gold Rush Tales

First called Ophir City, after the biblical locale of King Solomon's mines, Oroville sits along the main Feather River just as it breaks into California's central valley from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, a little more than 25 …

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AGE, Placer Mining Claims For Sale, California

Texas Mine - 20 Acres: Yellow Rose Mine - 20 Acres: Lone Star - 20 Acres: SOLD: Little Schneider Creek, Plumas County : Lucky Schneider #1 - #4 - 220 Acres: $20,000: North Canyon Creek, Plumas County: Round Valley Gold #1 & #2 - 68.75 Acres: $4,500: North Fork Feather River, Plumas County : Serpent's Tail - 40 Acres : SOLD: Rich Gulch, Plumas ...

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Paradise – California's Gold (807) – Huell Howser Archives at …

The morning of April 12, 1859 started like most other mornings for the miners working the Willard Claim on the West Branch of the Feather River just across the canyon from Dogtown. The men were hard at work washing the mountain away with the force of water pressure using the hydraulic mining technique.

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Feather River

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. The average annual flow of the Feather River is more than 7 million acre feet (3.3 km 3).

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1895 Feather River diversion for gold mining

Lost beneath the Feather. Lost Beneath The Feather, sixth , authored by Bill Talbitzer and published in 1963 first alerted me to the Feather River diversion.The 54 page Lost Beneath the Feather was written with the intent to capture the history and stories that were to be drowned with the construction of the Oroville Dam on the Feather River. . While this little …

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Gold Digger: Can You Change Your Destiny in Rich …

The mine sat on the side of the Feather River just in front of Rich Bar, California. However, by 1855, the miners began to use the force of water to separate gold from rock by using hydraulic mining methods.

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Rich Bar California

Rich Bar was the site of the largest gold discovery and mining camp resulting from the stampede into Feather River country in 1850. The excitement was the result of the search for the rumored "Gold Lake" which sent thousands of …

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Rich Bar

Gold first found here July 1850 by miners coming over the mountains from the Yuba Diggins. Much production during early 'fifties along this east branch of the Feather River's North Fork. Here "Dame Shirley" (Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe) wrote her "Letters from the California Mines," one of the foremost classics of the gold rush.

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California Gold Mines, Gold Prospecting, Gold Panning and …

Large numbers of gold sites occur southwest of Susanville in Plumas County, Lassen County and Butte County, many of them being in Plumas National Forest. The gold-rich North Fork and East Branch of the North Fork of the Feather River are in this …

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Feather River Placer – Western Mining History

The Feather River Placer is a ree mine located in Elmore county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,400 feet ... "Where to Find Gold in Idaho" looks at the density of modern placer mining claims along with historical gold mining locations and mining district descriptions to determine areas of high gold discovery potential in Idaho. ... Search Western ...

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Magalia District

It is bounded on the west by Doe Mill Ridge and on the east by the West Branch of the Feather River. It extends from Paradise on the south to several miles west of Powellton on the north. ... Water has always been a problem in the drift mines. A few gold-quartz veins in greenstone are associated with diorite dikes. Mines Drift: Bader, Black ...

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Rich Bar Deposit – Western Mining History

The Rich Bar Deposit is a gold mine located in Plumas county, California at an elevation of 2,402 feet. ... These include the Central belt on the west, the Feather River peridotite belt, and the northern Sierra terrane (or Eastern belt) on the east (Jayko, 1989). ... Point bar located on East Branch of the North Fork of the Feather River ...

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Feather River, Chester, CA 96020 | Land and Farm

The Feather River #3, is a gold placer mining claim, ideally situated in Plumas County, that has a history of rich gold discoveries. _____ Your 20 acres is the W 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 22, Township 29 North, Range 5 East, Mount Diablo Base Line and Meridian, known as the Feather River #3 mining claim, in the Sierra Nevada ...

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Rich Bar Deposit Near Belden, California | The Diggings™

gold mining deposit report for "deposit #usgs10310672" (#usgs10310672) in ... the rich bar deposits are exceptionally rich quaternary age placer gold deposits within the east branch of the north fork of the feather river. rich bar is the farthest upstream of several wide gravel point bars deposited in sharp meandering bends within the river ...

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Feather River, California

The Feather River is the principal tributary of the Sacramento River, in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California. The river's main stem is about long. Its length to its most distant headwater tributary is about . Its drainage basin is about . The main stem Feather River begins in Lake Oroville, where its four long tributary forks join together—the South Fork, Middle Fork, North …

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Magalia, Gold Districts of California

Gold Districts of California. MAGALIA. Location. The Magalia district is in north-central Butte County 15 miles northeast of Chico. It is bounded on the west by Doe Mill Ridge and on the east by the West Branch of the Feather River. It extends from Paradise on the south to several miles west of Powellton on the north.

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Historical channel changes in the lower Yuba and Feather …

Feather River. The Feather River has a drainage area of 10,300 km 2 (3974 mi2) directly above the Yuba River confl uence, and the Yuba River has a drainage area of 3470 km2 (1340 mi2) at the U.S. Geo-logical Survey stream gauge above Marysville (no. 11421000). Hydraulic gold mining in the northern Sierra Nevada foothills

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Butte County California Gold Production

The Oroville district is in southern Butte County, along the Feather River. The Quaternary flood-plain gravels of the Feather River near Oroville yielded a total of 1,964,130 ounces of gold from 1903 to 1959 and therefore made the Oroville district the largest producer of Butte County.

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West Branch Feather River

West Branch Feather River. River in Lake Oroville State Recreation Area, Lassen NF, Sierra Nevada in Cherokee, CA. California Freshwater Fishing Regulation Map. California Saltwater Fishing Regulation Map. Print Map. Generate High-Quality PDF. Length. 46mi. Taxonomy. Classified As. River. Search. Search the outdoors. Map. Plans. Field Guide.

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Life in Challenge Mills,Yuba County, California,1875–1915, …

Gold was discovered at Bidwell Bar on the Feather River in 1849, and 20 miles north of Challenge on Rabbit Creek, now La Porte, in December 1850. By the summer of 1851, gold had been found in quantity at numerous locations in both the Yuba and Feather River drainages at the 3,500- to 5,500-foot elevation. Lesser amounts were

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