Carleton Watkins Stereoview of Dutch Flat, Placer County, California 1870s

Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Offered is a Carleton Watkins stereoview of the town of Dutch Flat, Placer County, California 1870s. Dutch Flat is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in Placer County, California, United States, about 30 miles northeast of Auburn. t was founded by German immigrants in 1851 and was once one of the richest gold mining locations in California. Mining operations at Dutch Flat reached their peak during the 1870s, with thousands of miners working the surrounding area. Prior to the 1870s, gold mining was often a solitary and small-scale pursuit. In 1872, however, the Cedar Creek Company of London purchased over 30 claims in the area and began working them in a more aggressive and industrial fashion, employing hydraulic mining to reach hitherto unreachable deposits of gold by literally blasting it out of alluvial deposits with high-pressure water cannons known as “monitors.” The many dozens of mining claims dividing the old channel gravels beside Dutch Flat and Gold Run made for a thriving economy. * From 1862 to 1869 the Central Pacific Railroad, building from the West, and the Union Pacific Railroad, building from the East, raced to complete the first transcontinental railroad. Alfred A. Hart was the official photographer for the Central Pacific during construction and published 364 views. In 1870 Watkins acquired the Hart negatives and published them under the series title Watkins Pacific Railroad. This image is on the Watkins mount. The images are clean and sharp. The mount has edge wear and border soiling. See scans.

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