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Amador County Gold Mines
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Amador County, Heart of California's Mother Lode

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Kennedy Tailing Wheel No. 4, poppy flowers in spring...Built in 1914, this early-day anti-polution system once consisted of four steam-powered wheels to lift the mining debris from the Kennedy Mine's mill to a holding pond over a hill and a half mile away...The debris were diverted from the local waterways to keep from polluting California's waterways...The 58 foot diameter wheels were once covered and operated 24 hours a day from December of 1914 to their closing in 1942 during World War II.

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Kennedy Tailing Wheel No. 4, poppy flowers in spring...Built in 1914, this early-day anti-polution system once consisted of four steam-powered wheels to lift the mining debris from the Kennedy Mine's mill to a holding pond over a hill and a half mile away...The debris were diverted from the local waterways to keep from polluting California's waterways...The 58 foot diameter wheels were once covered and operated 24 hours a day from December of 1914 to their closing in 1942 during World War II.