Gaston History
Gaston Ridge was mined as early as the 1850s, although the early history of Gaston as a community is not well-documented.
Settlement concentrated around the California Mine, later to be known as the Gaston Mine. The California operated for decades before it was acquired by the Gaston Gold Mining Company of San Francisco in 1898.
The mine camp that was built at the Gaston mine housed a couple hundred men and was the location of the first post office. The mine operated intermittently into the 1910s.
Gaston had a post office from 1899 to 1913.
It All Started With The Gold Rush
The great California Gold Rush kicked off the entire saga of western mining. Read about it at The California Gold Rush.
California Gold
"Where to Find Gold in California" looks at the density of modern placer mining claims along with historical gold mining locations and mining district descriptions to determine areas of high gold discovery potential in California. Read more: Where to Find Gold in California.
