Randsburg CA

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Flight over the historical mining town of Randsburg Ca and the annual "Old West Days" from Sep 2019

https://westernmininghistory.com/towns/california/randsburg/

The Gold discoveries in and around the future town of Randsburg came at a time when much of the mining west was experiencing a depression. The district would go on to be Southern California's largest gold producer.
The first gold discovery was at Goler (between Red Rock Canyon and Randsburg) in 1893. This discovery drew many miners to the area and the surrounding hills were heavily prospected. In 1895 a party of prospectors found placer gold at the foot of Rand Mountain and soon traced the source of the gold to an outcropping near the top of the mountain. This discovery would become the fabulous Yellow Aster mine, and a minor rush to the new Rand district was on.

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