PC - Placer Mining Scars at Dutch Flat, Cal

PC - Placer Mining Scars at Dutch Flat, Cal

This is a colorful card manufactured by the Pacific Novelty Co. of San Francisco & Los Angeles. It's entitled "Placer Mining Scars at Dutch Flat, California." Hydraulic Mining is what caused those "scars." The areas surrounding Dutch Flat were heavily mined during the Gold Rush with hydraulic methods.

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