In this history of the Badger Hill Mine, author Scott J. Lawson, Director of the Plumas County Museum, has documented the history of an early hydraulic mine along Spanish Creek in the Spanish Ranch area west of Quincy, CA. Starting in the 1850s, it developed into one of the richer mines of the region before shutting down in the early 1900s. Vintage and contemporary photos, maps, bibilography, and endnotes. Saddlestitched softcover: 48 pages: 8.5 x 11"