Steve Herschbach Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON HYDRAULIC MINING IN CALIFORNIA WITH DESCRIPTION OF THE USE AND CONSTRUCTION OF Ditches, Flumes, Wrought-iron Pipes, and Dams; FLOW OF WATER ON HEAVY GRADES, AND ITS APPLICABILITY, UNDER HIGH PRESSURE, TO MINING AUG. J. BOWIE, Jr., Mining Engineer SECOND EDITION NEW YORK : D. VAN NOSTRAND, PUBLISHER, 23 Murray and 27 Warren Street 1887 313 page pdf download here 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge Runner Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 That’s really surprising they had any regulations on Hydraulic Mining. Being they did have I’m surprise it was ever stopped before it wasn’t a mountain left in gold country . Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMiner Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 37 minutes ago, Ridge Runner said: That’s really surprising they had any regulations on Hydraulic Mining. Being they did have I’m surprise it was ever stopped before it wasn’t a mountain left in gold country . Chuck That's why we still have our mine. They never got the chance to finish the work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RONS DETECTORS MINELAB Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Studying mining history is sure interesting. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishing8046 Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Thank you for sharing those maps. You wouldn't happen to have a link you could share or a pdf that we could zoom in on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RONS DETECTORS MINELAB Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Fishing8046 Those maps are paper ones I have, which area are you interested in as I can zoom in and take a closer picture. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted May 7 Author Share Posted May 7 Ron’s first map: https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0073/plate-1.pdf https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-9593tw73b Ron’s second map: https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz002b0jd5 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain-Menace Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Somewhat off topic but Steve, GhostMiner, and Ron are you guys in Nevada County? Is there a detecting group I can look into/join? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted May 7 Author Share Posted May 7 15 hours ago, Mountain-Menace said: Somewhat off topic but Steve, GhostMiner, and Ron are you guys in Nevada County? I'm in Nevada, not Nevada County, California. Sorry, but I am not up on what groups or clubs might be in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RONS DETECTORS MINELAB Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 23 hours ago, Mountain-Menace said: Ron are you guys in Nevada County Not sure on the clubs there but spent time detecting there a long time ago. We had a relative that worked at the Empire Mine and my relatives were caretakers of the Saint Anthony Mining Property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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