03-22-2019, 01:16 PM
For a lot of years I lived in Sacramento and when the floods would hit I would hear about prospectors hitting the American Rivers that flowed into Folsom Lake. This is a favorite area after a fresh flush of the rivers along with other river sites. When the runway of Mather AFB in Sacramento area was first constructed the rumors of gold was found. At that point the gov't did not want this word out and construction continued to finish. Now that Mather AFB is close, the runway has converted over to commercial use as a FedEx hub along with other commercial companies. Since, encroachment of aggregate companies surrounding the former military base have been mining with tall can't see through fencing along many of the bordering roads.
As a kid in the early 60's we moved to a small community 25mi east of Jackson, Calif to Railroad Flat. My mom loved antiques and dad love to explore. They would take us kids on backroads rarely visited to old ghost towns that were once mining camps. We would search finding old bottles/jars, found an old Chinese meat cleaver, some small mining tools, some coins, & some other relics such as broken furniture of the era.
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As a kid in the early 60's we moved to a small community 25mi east of Jackson, Calif to Railroad Flat. My mom loved antiques and dad love to explore. They would take us kids on backroads rarely visited to old ghost towns that were once mining camps. We would search finding old bottles/jars, found an old Chinese meat cleaver, some small mining tools, some coins, & some other relics such as broken furniture of the era.
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