Placer

Mining

There is little documentary information about land occupation and ownership in the Flowers Ranch area prior to the issuance of land patents and the late 1850s assessments, but the first Euro-American

Author: 
Judith Marvin

Water in Angels Camp and Altaville

Water for placer mining was first brought into Angels Camp in 1853 by the Union Water Company.

Did you know?

  • Mokelumne Hill photographer Edith Irvine arrived in San Francisco the morning of the 1906 earthquake.

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