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THIS TABLET COMMEMORATES THE
DISCOVERY OF GOLD BEARING QUARTZ
AND THE BEGINNING OF QUARTZ MINING
IN CALIFORNIA.
THE DISCOVERY WAS MADE ON
GOLD HILL
BY
GEORGE KNIGHT
OCTOBER, 1850
THE OCCURRENCE OF GOLD-BEARING
QUARTZ WAS UNDOUBTEDLY NOTED
HERE AND ELSEWHERE ABOUT THE
SAME TIME. OR PREVIOUSLY, BUT THE
ABOVE DISCOVERY CREATED THE GREAT
EXCITEMENT THAT STARTED THE
DEVELOPMENT OF QUARTZ MINING
INTO A GREAT INDUSTRY
GOLD HILL MINE
FROM 1850 TO 1857 TS CREDITED
WITH A TOTAL PRODUCTION OF
$4,000,000.00
THIS MONUMENT DEDICATED BY
QUARTZ PARLOR NO. 58, NS.G. W
MANZANITA PARLOR NO. 29, N. D.G.W
OCTOBER 20, 1929
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