Bridgewater — Windsor County

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Bridgewater — Windsor County

Gold Mining Site VT • Windsor County County
Description
There are many area mine in the Bridgewater area. The state forest land contains some good gold bearing locations. Some of the old lead mines had a by product of gold. There are reports of placer gold at Broad, Dimick and Gold Brooks and the North Branch of the Ottauquechee River near Bridgewater.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: windsor_vt.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Bridgewater. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. There are many area mine in the Bridgewater area. The state forest land contains some good gold bearing locations. Some of the old lead mines had a by product of gold. There are reports of placer gold at Broad, Dimick and Gold Brooks and the North Branch of the Ottauquechee River near Bridgewater.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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