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unusual facts about Placer


James George Arbuthnot

James ("Jimmy") George Arbuthnot (born Nebraska 31 December 1883; died Placer, California 2 December 1964) was the head college wrestling coach of the Oregon State Beavers wrestling team at Oregon State University from 1911–1917 and in 1920.


Calapan

Karen Reyes - second Big Placer of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 4

Drywasher

Drywasher - A mechanical apparatus used for separating free particles of placer gold from dry sediments.

Far Eastern University Institute of Law

Jose Nolledo - Member, Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986; Delegate, Philippine Constitutional Convention of 1971; 3rd placer, 1958 Bar Examinations

Foresthill Bridge

The bridge spans the North Fork of the American River in Placer County between the city of Auburn and the town of Foresthill in the Sierra Nevada foothills.

Josh McAdams

McAdams attended Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School, where he was a four-time OHSAA state placer in track and cross country and a three time OHSAA state placer in wrestling.

Junction, California

Roseville, California, formerly known as Griders, Roseville Junction and Junction, a city in the metropolitan area of Sacramento in Placer County

Kings Beach, California

In November, 2009 a California Golden beaver family was caught in snares underwater and drowned in Griff Creek, a stream in King's Beach, California when Placer County Department of Public Works ordered their removal for fear that the beaver would cause flooding.

Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

The second placer in the election for the speakership is usually named as the minority leader.

Nome mining district

It was discovered in 1898 when Erik Lindblom, Jafet Lindeberg and John Brynteson, the "Three Lucky Swedes", found placer gold deposits on Anvil Creek and on the Snake River, a few miles from the future site of Nome.

Pauline Weaver

A year later Weaver later led the Peeples party on a prospecting expedition up the upper Hassayampa River to what are now the Weaver Mountains, where they found placer gold at Rich Hill, near present-day Yarnell, Arizona.

Placer County, California

In the State Assembly, Placer is part of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th districts, which are held by Republican Dan Logue, Republican Beth Gaines and Democrat Richard Pan respectively.

Placer Dome

Placer Dome (and now Barrick) are defendants in an ongoing court battle over the highly controversial Marcopper mining disaster, which took place at the Marcopper Mine (run by Marcopper, a Placer Dome subsidiary) on the island of Marinduque, Philippines.

In New South Wales Australia, Placer Dome obtained ownership of the defunct Timbarra Gold Mine, where it achieved some local acclaim for setting new, higher State standards for mining rehabilitation.

Placer Parkway

Placer Parkway is a 15-mile proposed highway that would connect Highway 65 near Roseville, California to Highway 99 near the Sacramento International Airport.

Roger Somville

He was a member of the Communist Party, and he wrote "La Création d’un art public exaltant la vie et le travail des hommes, leurs luttes, leurs souffrances, leurs joies, leurs victoires et leurs espoirs ; art à placer à la portée de tous, là où passent et vivent les hommes".

Squaw Valley, California

Squaw Valley, Placer County, California, community in Placer County, California and host of the 1960 Winter Olympics

Steam shovel

In the early 1950s it was transported to Rollinsville by Roy and Russell Durand, who operated it at the Lump Gulch Placer, six miles south of Nederland, Colorado, until 1978.

Treffgarne

Gold has also been found at the rocks from drillcores and placer gold in the local Eastern Cleddau below the village.

Yarnell, Arizona

Rich Hill in Weaver was the richest placer gold discovery in Arizona, discovered in 1863 by a party led by the mountain man Pauline Weaver and the prospector A. H. Peeples.


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