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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Gold along the Santa Clara River
Although the great bulk of mining in California happened in the gold rich areas generally known as the Northern and Southern mines, gold was also found in the far north on the Trinity and Klamath Rivers and in the south … Continue reading
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Tagged California gold rush, gold rush, Los Angeles, Santa Clara River
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The gold ends at the San Joaquin River
South of the Merced River the number of important mining locations declined greatly with only a few favorable sites along small streams near the San Joaquin River where it flows down from the Sierra Nevada in a westerly direction before … Continue reading
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Tagged California gold rush, gold rush, Merced, Mount Whitney, San Joaquin, Tuolumne
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The southern edge of the gold country
There were other mining towns along the Merced River besides those on John Fremont’s Rancho las Mariposas. Coulterville, like Big Oak Flat, was on a well-traveled route to Yosemite Valley. In the area around the town, and particularly toward the … Continue reading
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Tagged California gold rush, gold rush, John C. Fremont, Merced River, Yosemite
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Rich mines of the Rancho las Mariposas
In 1863 John Fremont sold the Rancho las Mariposas and all the mine holdings to Morris Ketchum, a New York Banker who formed the Mariposa Mining Corporation. The company was so poorly managed that by 1865 it was bankrupt and … Continue reading
Fights over gold bankrupt Fremont
When the new American government of California ordered a survey of the Rancho las Mariposas, John Fremont managed to swing the boundaries of the rancho around so as to encompass, and thus secure title to, some of the richest gold bearing … Continue reading
The Merced River
Flowing down from beautiful Yosemite Valley the Merced River skirts by the Rancho las Mariposas, a former Mexican land grant once owned by the famous explorer and leader of the California Battalion in the War with Mexico, John C. Fremont. … Continue reading
Chinese Camp and Jacksonville
Many smaller settlements arose around Jamestown. The placer mining town of Chinese Camp was around ten miles south of Sonora and at one point had as many as 5000 Chinese residents. A lot of these towns, such as Campo Seco, … Continue reading
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Tagged California gold rush, Chinese Camp, Don Pedro, gold rush, Jacksonville, Tuolumne
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Tuolumne River mining at Jamestown
Col. George James came to the Tuolumne area with Benjamin Wood and James Savage. He soon began mining about a mile east of Woods Crossing and the settlement that grew there was called Jamestown after him. Some said that more … Continue reading
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Tagged California gold rush, gold rush, Jamestown, Tuolumne
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Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage
The other night I saw an old western movie, Under Colorado Skies, starring Monte Hale. He was the singing cowboy Republic Pictures dug up in case Gene Autry and Roy Rodgers had to do their duty in World War Two. … Continue reading
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Tagged Foy Willing, Gene Autry, Hangtown Creek, John Putnam, Riders of the Purple Sage, Roy Rodgers, western music
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Trouble along the Tuolumne River
Shortly after California was granted statehood in 1850 the legislature imposed a $20 tax on every foreign miner in the gold fields. Throughout the mines this ill-conceived, shortsighted piece of legislation caused numerous problems to towns across the state. Many … Continue reading
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Tagged California gold rush, gold rush, Hetch Hetchy, Tuolumne, Yosemite
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