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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13YI_the-italian-store_Angels-Camp-CA.html
Built is 1861 by Antonio and Caterina Gagliardo. Served as a Post Office and social center for the community of Douglas Flat. A hand dug well located next to the store supplied Douglas Flat with good fresh water and remains in good shape today. Ja…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12R9_gold-furnace_Angels-Camp-CA.html
A gold furnace was commonly used to separate mercury from the gold. In gold placer mining, in which small specks and veins of gold were often found in quartz, mercury was used to separate the gold from the quartz. This bonding of the mercury and g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12D8_the-monitor_Angels-Camp-CA.html
Hydraulic Mining was the largest and most destructive form of mining. Water, brought through flumes and ditches from high up in the mountains, was redirected into an ever-narrowing channel and out through a giant iron nozzle, called a "monitor." T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12CC_belden_Belden-CA.html
Named after Susan Lee Belden, Maidu Indian, widow of Charles Belden, miner and settler. In the early 1900's already a thriving township with a stop on the Western Pacific R.R., Belden became a popular resort for Bay Area fishermen. Today Belden is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12CB_whim_Angels-Camp-CA.html
When mine shafts became to deep, a whim was needed to recover the ore in buckets. Joshua Hendy developed the Davis Horse-Power Hoisting Whim, exhibited here. The whim was a large drum made from wood in the early years, and later metal, with a cabl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12AU_water-wheel_Angels-Camp-CA.html
Water wheels were commonplace to the gold mining regions, providing power for mining and milling operations. Powered by water the wheel was attached to a series of belts and gears which turned the machinery to crush the ores. This water wheel was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12AT_the-hogarth-family_Angels-Camp-CA.html
The Hogarth Family has had a long involvement with the mining industry in Angels Camp. Patriarch Henry ("Harry") Hogarth, Sr. was born in Scotland in 1831. He immigrated to the United States at an early age and soon settled on a career as a miner,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12AR_the-hogarth-stamp-mill_Angels-Camp-CA.html
Common in California after 1853, the stamp mill consisted from one to five heavy pillar-like stamps whose bottom, (or shoes), were cylindrical hammers made of iron, each weighing as much as one thousand pounds. Power to operate the stamps was prov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12AP_hogarth-stamp-mill_Angels-Camp-CA.html
In 1895 Harry Hogarth, James Candy and Naylor Williams filed a claim for the Relief Quartz Mine on a hillside above Six Mile Creek near Angels Camp. In 1920, after working the claim by hand for many years, the Hogarths; Harry Sr, Harry Jr, and Alv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRBS_barnsleys_Angels-Camp-GA.html
A unique, ante-bellum plantation, established by Godfrey Barnsley in the 1850's. Maj. Gen. J. B. McPherson's H'dq'rs. [US], May 18, 1864. K. Garrard's cav. [US], via Hermitage, arrived at noon. A detachment (Minty's brigade) sent S. toward …
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