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Cherokee hydraulic diamond camp

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: monitor parts, crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

The great hydraulic pit here yielded gold and California's only diamonds until the 1880s shutdowns; store ruins and camp dumps edge the diggings.

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