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  2. General Mining Act of 1872 - Wikipedia

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    This law, approved on May 10, 1872, codified the informal system of acquiring and protecting mining claims on public land, formed by prospectors in California and Nevada from the late 1840s through the 1860s, such as during the California Gold Rush. All citizens of the United States of America 18 years or older have the right under the 1872 ...

  3. Gold mining in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Gold production in California peaked in 1852, at 3.9 million troy ounces (121 tonnes) produced in that year. But the placer deposits worked in the early years were quickly exhausted, and production crashed. Hardrock mining (in California called quartz mining) began in 1849, and placer mining by hydraulic mining began in 1852.

  4. Recreational gold mining - Wikipedia

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    [12] [13] There are public mining areas in many states, and prospecting may allow one to stake a gold placer claim or other type of mining claim in certain areas. Some public lands have been set aside for recreational gold panning. [14] [15] Some private land owners also give permission for small-scale gold mining. [16]

  5. Flambeau Mine - Wikipedia

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    Flambeau Mine map. The Flambeau Mine was an open pit mine of a copper-gold deposit near the Flambeau River, south of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, United States.It was mined by a subsidiary of Kennecott Minerals between 1993 and 1997, and returned to a fairly natural state after.

  6. Gold in California - Wikipedia

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    Because the gold in the California gravel beds was so richly concentrated, the early forty-niners simply panned for gold in California's rivers and streams, a form of placer mining. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] However, panning cannot take place on a large scale, and industrious miners and groups of miners graduated to placer mining " cradles " and "rockers ...

  7. Seven new California laws go into effect today. Here’s what ...

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    California now has 11% tax on gun and ammunition due to new law. Here’s what to know Assembly Bill 1013 requires California bars and nightclubs serving alcohol to offer test kits for date rape ...

  8. California gold rush - Wikipedia

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    Lawson's map of the Gold Regions is the first map to accurately depict California's Gold Regions. Issued in January 1849, at the beginning of the California gold rush, Lawson's map was produced specifically for prospectors and miners. A Correct Map of the Bay of San Francisco and the Gold Region from actual Survey June 20th. 1849 for J.J. Jarves.

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