Goodyears Bar

Ancestrally, local streams and tributaries of the North Yuba River washed large quantities of gold searing sediments through this area, leaving very rich gravel banks or &#8220;bars&#8221;. In 1849, pioneers Miles and Andrew Goodyear and party prospected and settled here. News of their rich finds spread and the &#8220;boom&#8221; was on. Claims were restricted to only a single 30’ square to the man with one company producing 646<small>oz.</small> in one week. After the initial rush moved on a long-standing community of up to 400 Chinese miners profitably re-worked the older diggings.