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California gold mining landscapes

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  • 1995
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  • The California Geographer 35: 74-82
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  • Today, California gold mining is almost non-existent. The last major gold mining operation in the state-a dredge working on the Yuba River-ceased operation in October, 1968 With the shutdown of this dredge, gold mining as an indutry virtually ended in California. A few mines are still in partial operation and some gold is found by amateur prospectors and skin divers. However, most gold produced today is a byproduct of other mining operation. In 1968, only about 15,000 ounce of gold, valued at slightly more than $600,000, was produced. Nearly two-third of this figure came from Yuba River operation . Record yield ocurred in 1852-the height of the Cold Rush-an estimated 4,000,000 ounces were recovered.
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