Mining Reports Studies and Reports of Historical Mining in California USGS Circular 566 1968 Nevada County Tertiary Channel middot CAL State Mining Bureau 1919 Mineral Production of California middot CAL State Mining Bureau 1902 Copper Resources of California middot CAL State Mining Bureau 1905 Gold Dredging in nbsp
This district includes the quot diggings quot at Grass Flat Queen City and St Louis The area was extensively mined by hydraulicking and drifting during and after the gold rush and has been intermittently prospected since Geology The Port Wine channel a major branch of the La Porte channel extends southwest through this area nbsp
The Ancient Yuba River channel traced northeast of La Porte for 10 miles 500 1 500 ft wide and 10 130 ft deep with placer gold concentrated in lowermost 2 ft
Garside Larry J Henry Christopher D Faulds James E and Hinz Nicholas H 2005 The upper reaches of the Sierra Nevada auriferous gold channels Mine symbols represent selected eastern California and western Nevada gold mines in pre T upper part of the Eocene paleovalley at La Porte extended well
It was one of the great placer mining districts of the state The town first known as Rabbit Creek was renamed in 1857 after La Porte Indiana The main Tertiary channel of the North Fork of the Yuba River known as the La Porte channel
The site was named by a party of prospectors who found a keg of port concealed during and after the gold rush and has been intermittently prospected since Geology The Port Wine channel a major branch of the La Porte channel extends
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Both mines used long flumes filled with copper plates coated with mercury to amalgamate the gold Several nuggets over a pound were found at the Depot Hill mine The Depot Hill mine has been prospected recently The deposits are on the LaPorte Brandy City Tertiary Channel The lower gravels contain abundant quartz nbsp
Mr H informed me that on the 20th of July 1850 it was rumored at Nelson 39 s Creek a mining station situated at the Middle Fork of the Feather River about eighty miles from Yuba River The Ancient Yuba River channel traced northeast of La Porte for 10 miles 500 to 1 500 feet wide and 10 130 feet deep with placer gold nbsp
The deposits are located on the Tertiary North Fork of the Yuba River which is also known as the La Porte channel The channel extends in a southwest direction through the district The channel gravels are as much as 1500 feet wide and capped by thick beds of andesite and clay The gold was found mostly in quartz rich nbsp
Diagram showing cross sections across gravel filled channels near North Columbia and French Corral 15 15 Diagram of section of rocks Gold values obtained from mining records and drill sampling for selected areas along the ancestral Yuba River 21 3 Trace element content of native gold nbsp
Contact Mike Leahy E Mail ravenr nt net Canadian Rocky Mountain Gold Prospecting and Camping Club Nuggets Unlimited 406 1240 12th Ave S W Calgary Alberta Canada T3C 0P3 Contact Terry West 1 403 245 6455 or fax 1 403 263 7619 Ontario Prospectors Association 1000 Alloy Drive Thunder Bay Ontario
In Sierra Yuba and Butte counties the Tertiary channels are rich in gold almost up to the divide of the range the conditions cor responding to those outlined above Several persons including E R Jones of La Porte and A J Modglin of La Porte have called the attention of the writer to chromite deposits in and near sec
Travels through the historic gold mining areas of Port Wine Poverty Hill Scales and Union Starting just off Quincy La Porte Rd toward Cleghorn Bar this route is Garbarino 39 s also has a small gas station is the closest place to buy diesel
Gold Districts of California LA PORTE Location This district is in southwestern Plumas County in the general vicinity of the old mining town of La Porte 25 miles south The main Tertiary channel of the North Fork of the Yuba River known as the La Porte channel extended south southwest from Gibsonville into this district
79 reported that the Morning Star Consolidated Placer Mines Company drift workings produced gold from an old channel below andesite the gravel was said to Turner 1897 described the Bunker Hill tunnel as being on a probable upstream continuation of the main paleochannel from La Porte through Gibsonville to nbsp
GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 193 California Division of Mines and Geology Sacramento California 1970 Jordan Kearsarge Keith Kelsey Kern River Keyesville Kimshew Kinsley Knight 39 s Ferry La Grange La Porte County Calaveras Mariposa Plumas Mono Inyo AAono El Dorado
15 Sep 2015 La Porte CA June 2016 Duration 5 21 Katie Miller 415 views middot 5 21 middot TROUBLE IN POKER FLAT CA Duration 1 42 blancolirio 2 850 views middot 1 42 ABOVE RATTLESNAKE CREEK Duration 8 38 UNFORGIVEN FOREVER 11 views New middot 8 38 middot Slave Labor Gold Mining Northern nbsp
The Cherokee Pit locality is an old hydraulic gold mine where the plant bearing sediments of the Ione Formation Auriferous Gravels are exposed and although we did not stop here the group would later see similar exposures at La Porte and the Buckeye Diggings Day 3 learning more about the geology and deposition nbsp
Today 39 s value for that LaPorte gold would be about six billion dollars the territory one called the LaPorte channel and the other the Port Wine channel
Jersey Channel Islands 2 May 2017 – Randgold Resources confirms that at the Kinshasa DRC 18 April 2017 – The Kibali gold mine 39 s underground operation which Abidjan Côte d 39 lvoire 25 juillet 2015 La mine d 39 or de Tongon de Randgold Une equipe gagnante dirige le porte drapeau des performances de
La Porte is a census designated place CDP in Plumas County California United States During the late California Gold Rush in the 1870s and 1880s the town of La Civic leaders strongly opposed hydraulic mining in the area citing potential damage to watershed land as legal means to stop most hydraulic mining
wildlife campfire programs or exploring nearby historic gold mining towns For RVs a dump station and drinking water are available within one mile History buffs will enjoy the area 39 s old mining sites towns and cemeteries all The town of La Porte is within four miles and has restaurants groceries and gasoline
The Pacific Crest Trail passes through this portion of the forest not far from La Porte Gold was the number one reason for La Porte and the surrounding mining towns to exist Water was In fact a channel was blown through the rocks under the first bridge to divert the water in order to make the channel more accessible
21 Aug 2015 British author Steve Boggan spent months doing just that panning sluicing and exploring You can get lessons in finding gold to the south in
I spent two days fishing for trout and panning for gold On the afternoon of the first day in a trickling stream near La Porte California I found a 1 8 ounce nugget My discovery came in a pool where water tumbled two feet over small boulders Within two hours I had another 1 8 ounce of gold flakes The next day nearby nbsp
Gold Mining in California in the county of Plumas In 1849 immigrant Thomas Stoddard arrived at a mining camp injured exhausted and starving Yuba River The Ancient Yuba River channel traced northeast of La Porte for 10 miles 500 to 1 500 feet wide and 10 130 feet deep with placer gold concentrated in the nbsp
21 Jan 2004 proposed mining operations in the LaPorte Plan Area These and other com rant and gas station is also a long standing local business located on CR 54G at the turnoff to Bellvue On the north la Poudre River is named He returned during Colorado 39 s gold fever of 1858 and co founded the Colona
Diagram of section of rocks exposed in hydraulic pit near La Porte Calif CONTENTS Page FIGURE 17 Photograph of drilling and panning gravel in North Columbia hydraulic of the ancestral Yuba River channel contain gold valued at
Our Stars and Stripes and The Independent Mine placer claims are located in the Sweet Oil quot diggings quot in southwestern Plumas County about eight miles north of La Porte were mined by hydraulicking years ago The gravel deposits are believed to be located on a branch of the Tertiary La Porte channel Bedrock is slate and nbsp
Even author Tom Bishop addresses the issue in his popular book Gold On the afternoon of the first day in a trickling stream near La Porte California I found
During the late California Gold Rush in the 1870s and 1880s the town of La Porte had a population of approximately 10 000 people and had its own bank Bank of La Porte Potable water was provided free through redwood mains some of which are still in service by wealthy local citizens Civic leaders strongly opposed nbsp
Fred and I decided we needed to go into the mountains where the big gold was to be found A few miles above La Porte on upper Slate Creek we met a miner who suggested we go upstream and work a corner with some exposed bedrock showing We headed upstream and started panning We panned and panned and nbsp