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Historical Clippings Book (HC-12) (520 pages)

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i { { j } Fading Glory No maps carry their names or locations today, and books make . scant mention of them,. yet the mining camps of Alpha and Omega. (the first and last letters of the’ Greek alphabet) held shining spots in the spectioular Hetiey of Cali. fornia gold. They were located . about 15 miles east t f Nevada City . -in Nevada County;'the sites are on . a dirt road about two miles from . State Highway 120, Alpha, when . _gold-first-was-disvovered:-there: in! 1850, was known as “Hell-out-for. Noon” and Omega was called “De. > lirium Tremens,” indicating, per-1 haps, the type of early residents. . Alpha, no longer existent as a. town, is chiefly remembered today — as the birthplace of Emma Nevada, . born Wixon, contralto known as >the Comstock Nightingale who left her native land to win world. wide renown in foreign cities. Gold worth about $4,000,000 was _ taken from the Alpha and Omega diggings before mining was abandoned there in the 80's. Today, _ Alpha is but an ugly and scarred ‘area; Omega remains as a hamlet. and will be presented on this page. next week. The: pictures were _ made for The Tribune by Robert . Laer Stinnett. ; ae Trade “ALLTONE” Mark Erosion caused) by rains and melting snow and. the winds slowly is\ iam ° Reg. US. Pat. Off. SS ES Patent Nos, 2248275—2261534 & covering this entrance to a mine shaft which produced pchesin Alphas heyday.