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Title: Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California
Year: 1853 (1850s)
Authors: California. Legislature
Subjects: Legislative journals
Publisher: Sacramento : State Printing
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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te vicinity, as butfew pebbles or gravel that show the action of running water or wash arefound intermixed. A small ravine tributary to Oro Fino Creek consti-tutes practically all the placer ground in this district, and miningoperations have been confined to the use of hydraulic elevators. Theaverage fineness of the gold in this district is 785. Hydraulic washingshave yielded from 75 cents to 85 cents per cubic yard of gravel. Thetwo principal placer mines are the Eastlick Brothers and the Wright& Fletcher. The quartz veins, while numerous, all carry more or lessgold and are small, and the gold generally occurs in pockets, in thelimestone. The Green j\Iountain Tiger and Johnson have been the mainquartz producers in this section. Bibl.: Report VIII, p. 607; XI, p. 437.Scott Bar. This district, containing both placer and quartz mines, is situated onScott River just above its junction with the Klamath, and was thefirst locality to be mined in Siskiyou County; it has been a remarkably
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Photo No. 2, Scott Bar. rich district, although it includes a very small area (see photo No. 2).The gold, generally found on the bedrock, occurs in the form of nuggets,and is smooth and water-worn. 824 MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES. There are several large quartz ledges on Quartz Hill, which is acrossthe river from Scott Bar, and one ledge is said to have yielded theQuartz Hill Hydraulic and Quartz Mining Company considerable gold.The surface has been rich hydraulic ground.Bibl.: Eeport VIII, p. 605; XI, p. 447.Humbug Creek. This district, on the northeastern slopes of Old Baldy, is exclusivelya quartz mining region, and is situated in the headwater forks and can-yons of Humbug Creek, about 16 miles northwest of Yreka. The firstmining in the district was carried on in 1854, and since that timeconsiderable gold has been produced, although the operations have beenpractically confined to surface workings, due to a theory that the payore did not go down. As a matter of fact, a more intellig

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