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"Negro Bar" gold mining spot on the American River, Folsom (vicinity), circa 1849

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Title: "Negro Bar" gold mining spot on the American River, Folsom (vicinity), circa 1849
Alternative Title: Gold Rush
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1849]
1849
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Negro Bar, was a large gravel bar on the south side the American River named for the African-American gold miners who discovered gold there during the 1849 California Gold Rush. For a few years, it rewarded the prospectors with a steady yield of coarse gold dust. Now part of Negro Bar State Recreation Area.
Photo label: Courtesy Calif. State Library
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b01_f09_003a.tif
ark:/21198/z1m05pck
Subject: Gold mining
American River (Calif.)
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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