American Bar
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American Bar is located along the Fraser River’s eastern bank, roughly six km above Hope.1 It was one of dozens of gold-rush sites mined in the area, largely from 1858 to 1859. One correspondent for the Victoria Gazette wrote in 1858 that the American Bar is paying well. King & Co., took out 118 ounces with four rockers, in one week, and it pays well as the water falls.2
  • 1. Richard Hicks, Letters Written and Received by Richard Hicks, BC Heritage: Just For Kids!.
  • 2. Lewis J. Swindle, The Fraser River Gold Rush of 1858 (Victoria: Tafford, 2001), 285.
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Fraser River

Hope

The Colonial Despatches Team. American Bar. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/american_bar.html.

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