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This needs to be rewritten. The mining companies were after the gold in the alluvial deposits under the slickens. There is essentially no gold in the slickens. I know because I looked. I spent my childhood living on the slickens (east end of Walnut Avenue), listening to the dredgers running at night. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 176.21.111.21 ( talk • contribs) 23:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC).
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This needs to be rewritten. The mining companies were after the gold in the alluvial deposits under the slickens. There is essentially no gold in the slickens. I know because I looked. I spent my childhood living on the slickens (east end of Walnut Avenue), listening to the dredgers running at night. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 176.21.111.21 ( talk • contribs) 23:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC).