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NO. 852 NORTH BLOOMFIELD MINING AND GRAVEL COMPANY - This was a major hydraulic gold-mining operation in California. It boasted a vast system of canals and flumes, its 7,800-foot drainage tunnel was termed a feat of engineering skill. It was the principal defendant in an anti-debris lawsuit settled in 1884 by Judge Lorenzo Sawyer's famous decision, which created control that virtually ended hydraulic mining in California.
Location
North Bloomfield Road/Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park Tyler Foote Crossing Rd plaque at diggins overlook
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Notes
Park in the turnout with the sign for "Diggins Loop". There is a trail trail that leads up and east of the turnout. Follow this trail into the pines. See picture below.
NO. 852 NORTH BLOOMFIELD MINING AND GRAVEL COMPANY - Drug Store
NO. 852 NORTH BLOOMFIELD MINING AND GRAVEL COMPANY - Drug Store Interior
NO. 852 NORTH BLOOMFIELD MINING AND GRAVEL COMPANY - Saloon
NO. 852 NORTH BLOOMFIELD MINING AND GRAVEL COMPANY - Barber Shop
NO. 852 NORTH BLOOMFIELD MINING AND GRAVEL COMPANY - Marker
NO. 852 NORTH BLOOMFIELD MINING AND GRAVEL COMPANY - State Plaque
NO. 852 NORTH BLOOMFIELD MINING AND GRAVEL COMPANY - Trail to plaque
NO. 852 NORTH BLOOMFIELD MINING AND GRAVEL COMPANY
NO. 852 NORTH BLOOMFIELD MINING AND GRAVEL COMPANY -