WWGeezer Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Did I hike today up to Malakoff Diggins, old hydro mining site from the late 1800’s. Resulted in the first environmental protection law suit from all the farmland below that was flooded during the mining operations . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWGriphos Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Why isn't the sky red? Too soon? Looks lovely. And I'll bet it was a nice hike. You can tell the ground vegetation is pretty dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWBrian Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 It's about 3500 ft elevation up there... much MUCH cooler than where all the fires are at, and nowhere near as dry. But still dry. I'm super thankful for those blue skies we had this morning for sure!! Nice shots Geez'.... hope ya had fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWGeezer Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 Here is what it looked like when they did hydronic mining....basically blasting the hillside with water canons to reduce to rubble, than sluicing thru it for gold. The old town near the “Diggins” was called Humbug and is preserved. At its peak had a population of about 1500 people ( and 7 bars). Moved 41 million cubic yards of earth to get about $ 1 million dollars worth of gold ( in 1850’s dollars) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWSittingduck Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 is there still Gold there? I would think the townspeople would have gotten a little rich with all that gold flowing downstream.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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