About Yuba County — Yuba County

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About Yuba County — Yuba County

Gold Mining Site CA • Yuba County County
Description
The placer gravels of Yuba County produced over 5 million ounces of gold, its lode mines yielded only 1 million gold ounces. In the Browns Valley and Smartville district, in central part of county, in township 16N. range 5E. There were many area mines that produced lode gold. The Hibbert and Burris mines were the most productive lode gold in the area. At Challenge there were lots of lode gold mines. In the Dobbins district, in the Indiana Ranch area, the California M Lode was a rich lode gold...
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: yuba_ca.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: ABOUT YUBA COUNTY. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. The placer gravels of Yuba County produced over 5 million ounces of gold, its lode mines yielded only 1 million gold ounces. In the Browns Valley and Smartville district, in central part of county, in township 16N. range 5E. There were many area mines that produced lode gold. The Hibbert and Burris mines were the most productive lode gold in the area. At Challenge there were lots of lode gold mines. In the Dobbins district, in the Indiana Ranch area, the California M Lode was a rich lode gold mine. In section 30 of township 18N and range 7E, you will find the Red Ravine Mine which was also a rich lode gold producer. At Smartvile there are many lode gold mines that are rich.
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