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Gold Run was founded in 1854 by O. W. Hollenbeck and was originally called Mountain Springs. It became famed for its hydraulic mines, which from 1865 to 1878 shipped $6,125,000.00 in gold. Five large water ditches passed through the town to serve the mining companies, which had to cease operations in 1882 when state law prohibited hydraulic mining.
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