May 11, 2018
California Coordinates: 41.7354° N, 122.6345° W : Mules' Gold
California Coordinates: 41.7354° N, 122.6345° W : Mules’ Gold
Romanzo E. Wood. Mining Donkey. ca 1875. Yreka, California The Gold Dusted Lips of Mules
In 1851 near what is now the cosmically monickered intersection of Yama and Discovery streets of Yreka, a prospector down from Oregon, Abe Thompson, woke up one March morning as he and some two dozen fellow gold-seekers camped on the flats near Yreka Creek and noticed gold flakes glimmering on the noses…
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