Coloma in El Dorado County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

The Diggins

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, January 21, 2023

1. The Diggins Marker

Inscription. As miners exhausted the more easily-worked placer gold deposits in Sierra streams and gulches, they began to move into other likely areas. The miners tunnels horizontal drifts into hillsides, or using a method called “coyoting,” dug short vertical shafts. Miners used windlasses to raise buckets of ire from coyote holes, which were often unstable and sometimes collapsed on them. In larger, open diggings, the miners ran loaded wheelbarrows up wooden ramps to the surface Drift or tunnel miners brought their ore out on rails in small cars called skips, often with the help of mules or horses.

Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park

Erected by Calfifornia Department of Parks & Recreation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Industry & Commerce.

Location. 38° 48.036′ N, 120° 53.504′ W. Marker is in Coloma, California, in El Dorado County. It can be reached from Coloma Road (California Route 49) near Mt Murphy Road. The resin marker is mounted to a metal stand on the Gold Discovery Loop Trail. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Coloma CA 95613, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s Sacramento Metro,

in the Sierra Nevada,

and in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Crescent City Hotel and Hall (a few steps from this marker); Placer Mining at Coloma

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(a few steps from this marker); Miner’s Cabin (a few steps from this marker); Chile Mill (within shouting distance of this marker); Coloma Greys (within shouting distance of this marker); The World Rushed In (within shouting distance of this marker); Arrastre (within shouting distance of this marker); Chance Discovery Leads To Change (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Coloma.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Coloma Greys (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, January 21, 2023

2. The Diggins Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 30, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 316 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 30, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.