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Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.

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The First Mine in America


Many people, mostly New Mexico Native Americans, but including this miner, wear turquoise from the first mine in America. I took my blue stones from the old mine by hand labor, underground, a half century ago.

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Tales of California Gold Discoveries 3rd in a Series—Bloody Nick The Miner


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Iron Minerals, Your Detector and Gold


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Resurrecting An Old Hard Rock Mine—Safety Is No Accident


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