Most of the California mining was done in the Sierras, just look at your California map along Highway 49. However there was mining in all the counties. And many miners used California as a base, & prospected into Nevada & Oregon. If they found a promising claim, they'd try to keep it secret as long as possible to avoid competition, & thieves. There are still active mining claims, placer deposits throughout California. Though due to the low yields, & high labor cost vs. low gold price, most of them operate on a hobby basis. © Phil Van Camp, pvc@vancamp.org ----- Original Message ----- From: Gail M. Gordon <gmgordon@execpc.com> To: <CA-GOLDRUSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 6:36 AM Subject: [GOLDRUSH] Gordon > Hello, am a new subscriber. I am trying to locate a James GORDON that went > to California during the Gold Rush from WI. He did not stay and settle in > CA, but returned to WI. There may also have been a couple of other > relatives that went with him that we're having trouble tracing. I found a > James GORDON on an 1850 Census index in Yuba County. > > Would anyone have access to this 1850 Census to do a look-up? Am also > looking for a William FOWLER and Peter SANFORD that may have been there at > the same time. Was also wondering if someone could tell me the various > areas in CA where most of the mine would have been. Am new to this area of > research and know next to nothing. > > Any assistance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you. > > Gail Gordon > gmgordon@execpc.com > http://www.execpc.com/~gmgordon > Milwaukee, WI > > > ==== CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List ==== > Automatic Administrative Reminder: > Remove (snip away) as much of the Original Message as possible when > REPLYING to a List message. Include only the part(s) of the original > message important to your reply. > >