5-508: Browns Valley can refer to several locations in the United States: Browns Valley, California Browns Valley, Indiana Browns Valley, Minnesota Browns Valley divide Browns Valley Township, Big Stone County, Minnesota [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
10-736: Is an unincorporated community in Yuba County, California . Browns Valley is located 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Marysville and is near Collins Lake . Before the establishment of the Browns Valley community, the land was the home to the Concow Maidu and the Nisenan people. In the fall of 1849, gold was found in the township of Long Bar and along the Yuba River, only three miles away from Browns Valley. The name of
15-425: The community was in honor of a settler who arrived in 1850 and discovered gold here. In the early days of mining in this area, gold was extracted in many different ways including hydraulic mining . The mines had to be continuous monitored because competition was high, and people would try to steal mining claims. Initially the area mined for gold, and when that ran out they mined quartz (which sometimes would encase
20-613: The gold). The Chinese and Irish immigrants that came to the area for mining work, and also worked to build rock walls across many areas of Browns Valley. Browns Valley was the home of the Sweet Vengeance Mine , founded by six African American men. Other African American mining operations in the community included the Rare Ripe Gold and Silver Mining Company (also known as the Rare Ripe Company); and
25-509: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Browns_Valley&oldid=916795682 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Browns Valley, California Browns Valley (also, Brown's Valley )
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