There is still plenty of gold left in the ground, and the high price of gold has modern day prospectors back in the mountains more than ever. Further downstream, the historic towns of Marysville, Linda, Olivehurst, and Yuba City were located near the confluence of the Yuba River and Feather Rivers. ![]() There are many more historic sites all throughout the Feather River drainage. By the early part of the 1900’s, there were over 3 dredges churning up the riverbeds up and downstream of Oroville. Due to the rich gravels in the area, bucket line dredges were brought into the valley to access the deep rich paydirt along the Feather River. The area was crawling with miners from all around the world, and gold mining was productive for many years.Īt the end of the 19th century, evaluation was done in the area of Oroville to determine if gold reserves warranted further exploitation on a larger scale. ![]() The early miners worked the area by hand using shovels, picks, gold pans, and sluice boxes, and found the entire area to be exceptionally rich with gold dust and nuggets.
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