Feather River — BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA County

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Feather River — BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA County

Gold Mining Site CA • BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA County County
Description
Cherokee City, area stream gravels, contain placer gold. On Cherokee Flat, alluvial gravel deposits contain placer gold. Oroville district, in south part of county, along the Feather River, had a total production between 1903-59, of 1,964,130 ounces. The area gravel deposits contain rich placer gold deposit. At Thompson's Flat there were large placer gold operations. Yankee Hill district, located at township 21N range 4E and 5E, in central part of county had a total production of 5,154 ounces...
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: butte_ca.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: FEATHER RIVER. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Cherokee City, area stream gravels, contain placer gold. On Cherokee Flat, alluvial gravel deposits contain placer gold. Oroville district, in south part of county, along the Feather River, had a total production between 1903-59, of 1,964,130 ounces. The area gravel deposits contain rich placer gold deposit. At Thompson's Flat there were large placer gold operations. Yankee Hill district, located at township 21N range 4E and 5E, in central part of county had a total production of 5,154 ounces of placer gold and 34,427 ounces of lode gold, all along the Feather River there are many placer operations and area lode gold mines. ADD INFORMATION ON A GOLD BEARING LOCATION
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