Gold Rush Echoes through British Columbia History
The piece recounts BC gold discoveries from 1851 onward, detailing Victoria’s rise, Fort Simpson, and Hudson Bay Company roles. It covers Fraser and Thompson river rushes, Cariboo finds, and large mining labor forces, plus later notes on new ore treatment and a San Pedro treasure tale.
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British Columbia
Victoria
Hudson Bay
Vancouver
Queen Charlotte’s
Gold Harbor
Queen Charlotte Islands
Fort Simpson
Hudson Bay Company
California POC Sees Big Gold Finds in 1850s Mines
The report details several gold discoveries across California including $10,000 in Snow mine Forbestown Butte county and a $20,000 cleanup since. Henry Miller Magalia nabs $580 from a pocket, Ed Gilbert finds a 2300 nugget near Butcher ranch Placer county. The vein shows crystalline quartz and bright cube edges. The mine has operated since 1856. Louis
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California
Forbestown
Butte County
Henry Miller
Magalia
Gilbert
Thia
Butcher Ranch
Placer County
Rich pockets found at Bald Mountain mine
Report from Bald Mountain in Tuolomne County describes partners striking rich pockets after nineteen months of tunneling with nuggets valued at 40, 80 and 140 dollars, among other unseen finds. The notice notes many Chinese workers in the state mines and broader California mining organization. It also summarizes mint operations and precious metal production for 1891 and reports stock and circulation figures as of November 1892.
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Page
Bald Mountain
Tuolumine County
California
E. C. Leech
Mint
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Treasury
What Placer Mining Has Produced
United States leads world gold supply with California as the top mining region. From 1874 to 1875 the nation supplied 1.24075 billion dollars of gold. placer mines in California Nevada and Australia are highlighted. Historic notes include early California gold, Russian and Australian finds, and the profitability of placer mining as a global system.
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Cariboo
England
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Yukon River
Cawson
John Crooke
Silverton
Col
United States
California
Virginia
North
Caroline
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
North Carolina
Victoria
Autralia
Upper
Spain
Nevada
Aris
Huge Ossified Mermaid Unearthed For World’s Fair
Dan McGlone and Sergent Sullivan discovered a massive mermaid statue embedded in granite. Cutters from Chicago will extract it, then transport it to Kingman for the World's Fair. The statue, visible two miles away, weighs about nine tons after dressing and will require extensive cable use and two weeks to remove.
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Dan McGlone
Sergent Sullivan
Chicago
Kingman
Eee Ieee
Nature
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W. Parker
Hillsborough
New Mexico
G. Fuance
Emo
France
Attorneya At Law
Hillsborough, N. M
Jus Fielder
Silver City
J. E. Smith
Justice OF the Peace
J. J. Conway
Watchmaker
Lake Valley, N. M
James Adams
Frank I. Giv
Hillsboro
Tod
L. Edmundson
Kingston, N. M
Will
Dr. William
A. H. Whitmer, D. D. S
Ita
Tin Shop
W. M. Williams
Dove
Eagle
Devall
W. S. Standish
Lake Valley, N.M
Christ. Martin
Cook's Peak
City
Lannon Building
PRACS
Gold Mining IN
Esquimault
Recovery
Vesgela
San Francisco
Fort Colville
Washington
Walla Walla
Colville
Thompson
Placera
Ifornia
Virgin
Fraser River
Lower
Quesnel
Crooke
San Marcial
N. M
San Pedro
Rio Grande
San Antonio
Carthage
Mexico
Leity
Plains
Grand Qamra
Madrid
Grand Quivira
Levi Strauss & Co
Mines and Finance
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