Remember The Good Old Days Of Mining?

goldenmojo

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Here is a pic of Hangtown ( Placerville CA) California Gold Rush 1849
 

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Cool photo! First time I've seen that one.

Here's a few more........
Personal/forums/goodyguy/vintage-prospector-photos.

GG very nice Pics. It must have been very difficult to be a miner back then knowing that you had to produce a good amount every day to survive. One of my favorite sayings while I am hiking out to a gold spot with another prospector is "at least we didn't have to walk 1800 miles to get here". Thanks for posting.

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Great pic! thanks Goldenmojo Amazing to learn and think about the day to day they lived.. we sure have it easy lol. They did a good job cleaning up most but didn't get it all. Here's a lil shot of some of that Placerville yeller they left behind image.jpg
 

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Great pic! thanks Goldenmojo Amazing to learn and think about the day to day they lived.. we sure have it easy lol. They did a good job cleaning up most but didn't get it all. Here's a lil shot of some of that Placerville yeller they left behind View attachment 942327

Hangtown looks like your cleaning up.......
 

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Great pic! thanks Goldenmojo Amazing to learn and think about the day to day they lived.. we sure have it easy lol. They did a good job cleaning up most but didn't get it all. Here's a lil shot of some of that Placerville yeller they left behind View attachment 942327

Wow! I would love to find half that much...


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