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Lightning Creek at Wells
Gold ground Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
GoldPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).
Why this spot
Second great creek of the Cariboo rush, deep-lead placers worked from the 1860s to the 1930s
Documented throughout Cariboo goldfields literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old shafts and workings
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.