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Solano History 16 records found  1 - 10next  jump to record: Search took 0.00 seconds. 
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4410 4410

Three men in front of Lyon's gold mine in Nevada near Elko
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1910

South Pacific boxcaras at Elko, Nevada, 1910. A. W. Lyons is one of the crew
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Lyons gold mine with crew..
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1932

Placer mining north of Nevada City on way to Downieville, 5/31/32
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Rulofson: curator of Vacaville's Pena Adobe / Dingler, Nancy [507] [RETROSPECT-2004-507]
Shortly after the 1849 California gold rush, the business of mining changed from individuals seeking their fortune and swarming all over the Sierra Nevada to large corporate mining companies, usually funded by Eastern financiers.
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1860

Picture of splice and original telegraph wire found near the Pony Express Trail in eastern Nevada
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Gold Rush lured family to California / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [199] [WAYITWAS-2004-199]
Luzena Stanley Wilson and her husband, Mason Wilson, are two names that resonate through Vacaville's early history. The couple arrived in California with their two toddlers in 1849, attracted by the Gold Rush. They experienced the hardships of the rough society of Sacramento and Nevada City before finally settling in the fertile Vaca Valley in 1851.
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Two men in front of hut
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Mystery of Vaca Artifacts Found in Old Mine / Rico, John [880] [RICO-1981-880]
NO BLACK GOLD BENEATH VACA SOIL - Despite the fact dozens of holes have been bored into Vacaville lands in search of oil, or gas, as far as is known the area is "dry".
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We're Losing The Bay / Wichels, Ernest [842] [WICHELS-1965-842]
In 1883 the Congress passed the Anti-Debris Act, which was meant to curb the damage wrought by hydraulic mining. In California it was commonly called placer mining. But it was not until Judge Lorenzo rendered his famous decision on Jan. 9, 1884, that hydraulic mining practically ceased in the Sierra Nevada.
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