Seneca - Seneca, CA
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heringermr
N 40° 06.742 W 121° 05.029
10T E 663301 N 4441989
A marker for a remote Gold Rush town. Through 2013, there was a rustic bar open on weekends in the summer.
Waymark Code: WMMBXA
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/28/2014
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The plaque reads:
Gold was found in 1851 and a wild mining town was born with a dance hall, feed store, livery, blacksmith, post office, grocery, rooming houses and a hotel with solar heated showers. The canyon's mines included the Sunnyside, Lucky Chance, White Lily, and Last Chance. A 10 stamp mill pounded out the ore. One mine had 500 chinese miners; each earned 10 cents a day in rice and they had a opium den. The largest nugget found here wass 42 ounces; worth $28,000 in 1942. The most famous spot was the gin mill run Marie Sabin who moved here in 1934 with her husband Don. Marie was known as the guardian angel of Seneca.
We, the vigilantes of Outpost No. 1911 of Las Plumas Del Oro Chapter 3 of the ancient and honorable order of E Clampus Vitus, on July 29, 6005 (2000), do hereby dedicate Seneca.
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