#0852 North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company

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#0852 North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company

Site information:

Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park, 7.3 mi from Tyler Foote Crossing Rd

Plaque and site are part of a state park. Access limited to hours of operation.

Old townsite:
39.368562, -120.899243

Hydraulic diggings area:
39.371765, -120.912437

Plaque information:

State plaque located in park at Diggins Overlook

39.368697,-120.913521

Plaque text:

North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company

This was a major hydraulic operation in California. Its vast system of canals and flumes using a drainage tunnel 7800 feet long was termed a feat of engineering skill. It was the principal defendant in an anti-debris lawsuit settled by the Sawyer decision in 1884. Judge Lorenzo Sawyer's famous decision created control that virtually ended hydraulic mining in California.

Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Malakoff Citizen's Advisory Committee and E Clampus Vitus, No. 10. June 11, 1972.

Registered 1/20/1972

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