Mining Days
by Kayak Peter Wait
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In the 70's and 80's I spent time placer mining in the Sierra Nevada and the Trinity Alps of California. This an account of that time, some of the people I met and their stories. |
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| JEFFERSON, CALIF. | Introducing a town of the Mother Lode, Mining in the Sierra Nevada in the 1970's |
| JORSTAD CABIN | Introducing a Gold Camp in the Trinity Alps, Mining during the 1930's through 80's |
| FIRST TALE | How the Gold Pan Got the Hole in the Rim & The Muffin Pan with the Hole in One Cup |
| SECOND TALE | Do Bears Shit in the Woods? ILLUSTRATED!! |
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CLIPPING: JORSTAD CABIN |
from SF Examiner, dated 11/2/91 its construction & maintenance |
| PHOTOS | of a Gold Camp in the Trinity Alps, 1981-84 |
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That's all for now,
P.S. Here are some links to other websites of interest... |
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ORIGINAL SIXTEEN TO ONE MINE |
This is the last working mine at Allegheny in the Sierra Nevada not far from Jefferson. Check out the comics and the pictures of specimen gold. |
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