- A gold rush or gold
fever is a
discovery of gold—sometimes
accompanied by
other precious metals and rare-earth minerals—that
brings an
onrush of miners...
- Fort
Diggings Hollow is a
valley in
Crawford County in the U.S.
state of Missouri. Fort
Diggings Hollow derives its name from Pat Fort, a
local prospector...
- camp
first becoming known as the
North Fork Dry
Diggings. This name was
changed to the
Woods Dry
Diggings,
after John S. Wood
settled down,
built a cabin...
-
Placerville (/ˈplæsərvɪl/, PL****-ər-vil; placer,
Spanish for "sand deposit",
representing the
placer mining that was
predominant in the town's development...
- New
Diggings is a town in
Lafayette County, Wisconsin,
United States. The po****tion was 502 at the 2010 census, up from 473 in 2000. The unincorporated...
- Dog Town (also,
Dogtown and
Dogtown Diggings) is a gold rush era
ghost town in Mono County, California. It is
located at 38°10′13″N 119°11′51″W / 38...
-
Badger Hill is the name of two
historic mining areas in
Nevada County. The
first to be established, in
August 1849, was
located just east of Gr**** Valley...
-
since December 29, 1970. It is also
known as
North Fork Dry
Diggings, and
Woods Dry
Diggings. The Old
Auburn Historic District was the
center of commerce...
- 79889°N 120.82083°W / 38.79889; -120.82083
Kelsey (formerly Kelsey's
Diggings) is an
unincorporated community in El
Dorado County, California. It is...
- The Lost
Adams Diggings are the
subject of a
Southwestern treasure story,
dating to the
early 1860s, that
refers to the
existence of a
canyon rich in gold...
