Oroville dam goldrush

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http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/02/27/storm-runoff-in-california-gold-country-exposing-new-motherlode/


>JAMESTOWN, Tuolumne County (KPIX 5) — Weeks of
>rainy weather across Northern California and the storm runoff through the
>hills of gold country have triggered a new gold rush.

>“Miner Gary” Thomas said he always finds at least a
>little gold here on his property near Jamestown in
>Tuolumne County, but this year, there’s so much more
>runoff than normal and it’s shaking the gold from these hills.

>Thomas said it could provide a “Eureka” moment
>for those inclined to come up here and look for it. “(The
>runoff) kind of ‘etch-a-sketches’ everything,” said
>Thomas. “Eveything I had dug up and now my dig
>spots are all gone.”

>The known gold digs were washed out, trees uprooted,
>and landscape eroded. The runoffs have also removed
>gold out of the old abandoned mines and sent
>it down the river.