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Pete Walters of Ogilby discovered the first gold vien at Gold Rock on January 6, 1884. From his Little Mary claim began a gold camp that reached its peak development between 1893 and 1899 as Hedges, with 3200 residents. Nearly closed from 1900 to 1910, it was reopened as Tumco from 1910 to 1913 and worked intermittently until 1941. Tumco has long been a California ghost town.
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