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Tag Archives: Sutter Creek
Alvinza Hayward
Pluck and perseverance were the most notable characteristics of the men who made vast fortunes from gold in California. This was especially true in quartz mining, which required a tremendous amount of time, effort and capital to realize a profit. … Continue reading
The Mother Lode – part 2
Sutter Creek is about four to five miles northeast of Jackson and Amador is a couple of more miles northeast of Sutter Creek. Both towns gained importance because they were at the northern edge of the Mother Lode as some called … Continue reading
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Tagged California gold rush, gold rush, John Sutter, mother lode, Sutter Creek
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Early mining near Grass Valley
News of gold in California made it to the Oregon Territory quickly. David Stump and two friends came south seeking wealth and found rich deposits of placer gold along Wolf Creek. Like so many other strikes at places such as … Continue reading
How the early 49ers mined gold
The first miners needed only a shovel and a flat pan to find great quantities of gold along the rivers that flowed westward from the Sierra Nevada Mountains. But more gold could be processed using devices like a rocker, a … Continue reading
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Tagged Amador, California gold rush, gold rush, monitor, rocker, Sierra Nevada, Sutter Creek
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The heart of the mother lode
Amador County calls itself “the heart of the mother lode” and a twenty-mile long belt of gold ran through the western part of the county from Plymouth, through Drytown, Amador City, and Sutter Creek, then on to Jackson. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged California gold rush, gold rush, Jackson, John Fremont, John Sutter, mother lode, Sutter Creek
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Sutter Creek, a logging camp becomes a boomtown
The town of Sutter Creek began as a logging camp used by John Sutter before the Mexican War, and takes its name from a stream that runs through the center of a valley where there was a good supply of … Continue reading
