GOLD MINES IN MAGALIA CALIFORNIA:

The famous 54-lb. Willard, Dogtown, or Magalia nugget was found here in 1859. The gold was extremely coarse, and a number of other large nuggets besides the Willard were taken here.  The placer-mining districts are one of the more productive in the State of California. This region was extensively mined during and after the gold rush

The Magalia or Mammoth channel is the longest and that flowed along the east side of the district. This district includes the placer deposits at Nimshaw, Forks of Butte, Mineral Slide and De Sabla and lode deposits at Toadtown.

Geology. Mines. Drift: Bader, Black Diamond, Cole, Cory, Dix, Emma $1 million+, Ethel, Genii, Indian Springs, Kelly Hill, Lucky John, Lucretia, Magalia $1 million, Mammoth, Mineral Slide, Nuggett, Oro Fino, Parry, Pershbaker, Pete Wood, Pitts, Princess, Royal, Steifer, Willard. Hydraulic: Centerville, Kohl, Red Hill. Lode: Springer, Toadtown.

Excerpt from: Gold Districts of California, by: W.B. Clark, California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 193, 1970.

If you have some interest in gold mining, you may wish to check out Butte county which is rich in gold history.  Some of these gold mines are available for sale today.  Visit ParadiseReal
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