Hydraulic Gold Mining in the Old West

Thanks for the history, subbed....

Wow, the devastation is incredible...

Excellent upload thank you, subscribed.

This shit ruined California

'Yellow metal that makes the Wasichus crazy' - Black Elk

wow........this is why we need rules.........

It blows my mind that land is referred to as an "overburden". If anything humans are the overburden. Thanks for the informational video.

Bring back dredging in California. It has minimal environmental impact and is great for fish populations. The environmental Mafia halted dredging to study its effects and never finished tge study nor allowed dredging to resume. It's just deceitful.

Check out the horseshoe bend on the bridge river near the confluence of the Yallakom River in British Columbia Canada ..About a 30-minute drive west on Hwy 40 out of Lillooet BC..In 1896, the Bridge River Gold Mining Co. developed a hydraulic mine at the Horseshoe Bend on Bridge River. The largest Bridge River nugget discovered weighed 32 ounces. was found in the east end of Horseshoe bend in the deep pool (Good fishing in that pool too)..This part of the Bridge River just happened to be on my 400+ square mile registered trapline which I owned and operated for well over 30 long years...

Where did the water come from on top of the mountain?