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Solano History 11 records found  1 - 10next  jump to record: Search took 0.01 seconds. 
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Lyons gold mine with crew..
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Three men in front of Lyon's gold mine in Nevada near Elko
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South Pacific boxcaras at Elko, Nevada, 1910. A. W. Lyons is one of the crew
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Mystery of Vaca Artifacts Found in Old Mine / Rico, John [880] [RICO-1981-880]
NO BLACK GOLD BENEATH VACA SOIL - Despite the fact dozens of holes have been bored into Vacaville lands in search of oil, or gas, as far as is known the area is "dry".
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A taste of gold fever in Solano / Bowen, Jerry [140] [WAYITWAS-2002-140]
The allure of gold and silver goes back a long way. An ancient culture in the area of today's Eastern Europe began roughly 6,000 years ago to use gold to fashion decorative objects. The gold probably was mined in the Transylvanian Alps or in the Mount Pangaion area of Thrace.
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Many catch fever for gold in California / Delaplane, Kristin [375] [ECHOS-1998-375]
The 50th anniversary of the discovery of gold in California was celebrated in 1898, and this year is the 150th anniversary of the same event. The event was celebrated in San Francisco in 1898 with a Mining Fair. This included a diversified program for all attending.
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Rulofson: curator of Vacaville's Pena Adobe / Dingler, Nancy [507] [RETROSPECT-2004-507]
Shortly after the 1849 California gold rush, the business of mining changed from individuals seeking their fortune and swarming all over the Sierra Nevada to large corporate mining companies, usually funded by Eastern financiers.
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Wagon folks hoped for land of plenty / Bowen, Jerry [149] [WAYITWAS-2003-149]
Not all the wagon trains that headed west to California in the 1800s were on a quest for riches found in the gold mines of the Golden State.
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Many manifest Solano's destiny / Delaplane, Kristin [374] [ECHOS-1998-374]
Many who eventually settled in Solano County first arrived in California to try their luck in the gold fields. Robert Campbell emigrated to California in 1850, first arriving in Placerville. He farmed, teamed and mined on the American River until 1854.
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Young, Wood families part of Solano history / Delaplane, Kristin [351] [ECHOS-1997-351]
It was likely in the 1870s that a sailing vessel passenger Edward A. Young arrived in the Eureka after sailing around the Horn from New Brunswick. By then, lumbering had replaced gold mining as the major income source in this coastal town and Young went to work in the lumbering business. Not too much time passed when he was met with an accident [...]
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