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Gold Fever Drives Northern California Prospectors
Northern California is alive with gold fever as mom and pop prospectors push into hills and streams from the Mother Lode to Coalinga seeking rich veins. Geologists estimate 10 percent of gold remains. 15,000 to 20,000 solo miners and 60,000 to 70,000 in the Gold Prospectors Association haunt claims, dredges, and TV for a big strike.
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California
Ron Stockman
Mother Lode Research Center
Auburn
Calif
Stockman
Gold Prospectors Association of America
Martin Xemeth
Nemeth
Hungary
Sowle
Roger Woodhead
Hall
U.S
Claus
Hze
Manuela
Calfornia
Nevada