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Hippies Battle Miner for Gold Claim on Yuba River
A 78 year old prospector and a group of hippies led by former GI Sean Kent fight the Bureau of Land Management over an underwater mining claim on the South Fork of the Yuba River in California's Sierra foothills. BLM investigator George Scarfe in a rubber diving suit found about a dollar's worth of gold. Kent says the group has survived six months on the river claim at "The Hobbit House" and will hear next week if the claim can be validated.
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August Ebert
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