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Plumas County California Gold
Plumas County Mining History Over the years a lot of gold has been recovered in Plumas County California. At the time of the gold discovery at Sutter’s Mill, Plumas County was largely a unexplored area...
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Amador County California Gold
Amador County was the most productive of “The Mother Lode” counties. This county produced approximately 6,500,000 ounces of placer gold and 7,700,000 ounces of lode gold. Mining continues today. The...
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Placer County California Gold
It is where it all began in 1848. The gold strike at John Sutter’s timber mill on the American River brought thousands of Americans out west and many Chinese from the orient for adventure and for...
View ArticleGold Rush Alaska Jimmy Dorsey at Explosives Academy
In this video you will see Discovery Channels Gold Rush Alaska ’s Jimmy Dorsey at the Northwest Explosives Academy. In case you have not heard Jimmy Dorsey is learning as much as he can about mining....
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El Dorado County California Gold
California has been known for the gold rush which started in 1848 when John Sutter found gold at his timber mill on the American River. The gold rush resulted to massive growth of the mining industry...
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Gold in California
NATURAL OCCURRENCES The concentration of gold ore, and the market value of gold determine whether a deposit is a mineable ore-body. The highest grade deposits are associated with quartz veins. Gold...
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CALIFORNIA’S FIRST SPANISH MINERS
Soldiers, settlers, and laborers, part of two mission colonies under the administration of Francisco Garces, mined placer gold in the southeastern Chocolate Mountains in 1780 and 1781. Their mining...
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Butte County California Gold
HAMILTON Gold was first discovered in Butte County California by John Bidwell in the now ghost town known as Hamilton in 1848, and that made Hamilton the first county seat of Butte County. John...
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Calaveras County California Gold
After placer gold was discovered in 1849, rich lode veins were opened in 1850 above the placer workings. Placer gold production is estimated at 2,415,000 ounces and lode gold at 2,045,700 ounces...
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Fresno County California Gold
SAN JOAQUIN RIVER California gold can be found in the placer gravels along the San Joaquin River and produced 121,000 ounces between 1880 and 1959, when it was part of Madera County. All sand and...
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Imperial County California Gold
Gold occurs throughout Imperial County in its arid mountain ranges. Here is where the classic pick, pan, shovel and burro prospector of the nineteenth century crisscrossed the desert between water...
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Inyo County California Gold
Inyo County produced 496,000 ounces of gold between 1880 and 1959, primarily from lode mines scattered throughout the county, with a considerable percentage as byproduct from lead, silver, copper, and...
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Kern County California Gold
A total of 1,777,000 ounces of gold came from Kern County between 1851 and 1959. Amalie District Amalie district, is located between south summit of the Piute Mountains and Caliente Creek in township...
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Los Angeles County California Gold
Gold placers were worked in Los Angeles County between 1834 and 1838 by Mexican and Spanish miners, and by 1858 more than 6,000 miners were working placer deposits 35 miles northwest of the Los...
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California Gold – The Discovery by John A. Sutter
Below details a letter written by John Sutter about the discovery and impact of the California Gold Rush: It was in the first part of January, 1848, when the gold was discovered at Coloma, where I was...
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