the Excelsior Chronicles

The Excelsior Project is a collaborative conservation effort on the Yuba, featuring 924 acres of wetlands, oak woodlands, gold-rush archeological remnants, and miles of critical riparian salmon spawning habitat. Here's a few of the stories the land has to tell.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Deer Creek

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Along Deer Creek, about a half mile from its confluence with the Yuba River, a waterfall drops fifteen feet into a cold, clear pool. For sal...
Saturday, June 19, 2010

Blue Point - What About the Gold?

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The miners only got to a small portion of the gold at Blue Point. They spent years washing away the upper layers of gravel before getting to...

Blue Point - the Tarr Mine Project of the 1920s

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Farmers, environmentalists and fishermen praised the Sawyer decision of 1884, among the first federal court rulings on environmental protec...

Blue Point - the greatest mine of all

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In the valley between Smartsville and the Yuba River lies the ancient bed of the Yuba River, where it ran for millions of years, laying bed...
Thursday, June 17, 2010

Blue Point Basin Reclamation Project

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When we acquired the 500 acre Blue Point Mine property, the first decision we made was to close down the open pit gold-and-gravel mine which...
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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Thompson & West on Rose Bar

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This well known bar has the honor of being the first point on Yuba river, where gold was discovered. Jonas Spect, of Colusa, found gold at t...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Thompson & West on Sucker Flat

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GATESVILLE, OR SUCKER FLAT The latter name was given it because Gates was a native of Illinois. A store was started here that winter by...
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A husband (to Ellen, 30 years & counting!) and father (2 girls, Emily 25 and Elsie 19,) A landscape architect and land planner. Passionate about conservation and community. Love to write, love to ski and love live music. I live on 11 acres outside of Grass Valley surrounded by oaks, deer and turkey. Sometimes I think it's too much work, mostly I think it's right where I want to be.
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