![]() This channel has endowed the creeks that cut through it with a lot of gold. It was enormously rich in gold but was left high and dry with the geologic upheaval that occurred several million years ago. Good gold is still found in the local creeks and it is a beautiful area to prospect in.īedrock in the district is amphibolite, slate, greenstone, and granodiorite.ĭuring the tertiary period the Yuba River, which was much wider than the present one, coursed through the area. Some individual prospectors continued to run drift mines through the Great Depression but today Camptonville is very quiet. When the ban on hydraulic mining came into effect in the 1880s most of the mining in the Camptonville District ceased. Gold-quartz veins were also discovered and the local streams had been plentifully endowed with gold from the lodes and tertiary channels. Whitesides mine was on what became Gold Ridge and other rich diggings were found on Galena Hill, Youngs Hill, and more. He struck the rich ancient channel of the Yuba River and the Camptonville became a renowned mining camp in its own right. It wasn’t long until a man named Sam Whitesides who was passing through decided to sink a shaft near the place. Cambell constructed a hotel between the booming Gold Rush towns of the Downieville and Nevada City. The claim names are Bridger 1 and Bridger 2 and the serial numbers are CAMC322971 and CAMC322972. There is a good camping area on the southern part of the claim. These are actually two adjoining claims totaling 40 acres and encompassing about ½ mile of creek.īullards Bar Reservoir, a great place for fishing and boating is only a few miles away.Īccess is year round via a 2wd road that goes directly to the claim. The claims are in the old Camptonville Mining District. Grass Valley and Nevada City are about 18 miles south. These claims are located on Bridger Creek three miles from Camptonville in Yuba County, CA. ![]()
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