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hydraulic mining
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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
A Short Mining History and Geology of the California Gold Rush
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Note: I've maintained a website at MJC for quite a few years for the use of my students, and the website is being erased this year for ...
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Saturday, November 7, 2015
The Karst Topography...of California? Getting Filthy Rich from Karst in Columbia
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The Fricot Nugget at the State Mineral Museum in Mariposa, California As I noted in the last post , California has some unique landscape...
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Saturday, March 16, 2013
Such a Peaceful Scene...and the Birth of Horrific Destruction
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A beautiful serene stretch of river on a sunny spring evening. How could anything like this be associated with the extermination of not just...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Getting hosed in the Mother Lode: Columbia
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A recent post included a description of the hydraulic mining that took place in the Sierra Nevada Mother Lode here in California. We visite...
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Hosing Down the Mother Lode: Hydraulic Mining
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Continuing our journey through the Sierra Nevada Mother Lode on our field studies trip last weekend, we arrived at Chili Gulch south of the...
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