Brass Wire Bar is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. [1] Brass Wire Bar is located on the South Yuba River, across from Washington. [1] It was a mining camp; Chinese miners worked the site in 1880. About $50,000 worth of gold was found there. [2]
References
- ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 574. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ Gudde, Erwin G. (1975). California Gold Camps. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-520-26144-0.
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