6/10/1999
6/10/1999
6/10/1999
6/10/1999
6/10/1999
6/10/1999
Landmark information
- Location:
Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park, 16 mi E of State Hwy 49 on Tyler Foote Crossing Rd, plaque located in park diggins overlook, 28 mi N of Nevada City - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
6/10/1999 - Date Most Recently Visited:
6/10/1999 - GPS Coordinates:
N 39 22.126, W 120 54.811 - Other Designations:
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
North Bloomfield
Mining and Gravel Company
This was a major hydraulic operation in California. Its vast system of canals and flumes using a drainage tunnel 7800 feet long was termed a feat of engineering skill. It was the principal defendant in an anti-debris lawsuit settled by the Sawyer Decision in 1864. Judge Lorenzo Sawyer's famous decision created control that virtually ended hydraulic mining in California.