Mystic-Placerville-Big Bend-Rapid City — Pennington County

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Mystic-Placerville-Big Bend-Rapid City — Pennington County

Gold Mining Site SD • Pennington County County
Description
Mystic-Placerville-Big Bend-Rapid City area, all along Rapid Creek for 40 miles you can find placer gold. Rapid Creek has produced some very nice placer gold especially at Neilsen's and near Placerville. In Placerville on Placerville Bar, Swede Bar and Stockade Bar were all very productive.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: pennington_sd.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Mystic-Placerville-Big Bend-Rapid City. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Mystic-Placerville-Big Bend-Rapid City area, all along Rapid Creek for 40 miles you can find placer gold. Rapid Creek has produced some very nice placer gold especially at Neilsen's and near Placerville. In Placerville on Placerville Bar, Swede Bar and Stockade Bar were all very productive.
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