Dutch Flat is a little mining town that is a left over from the California Gold rush. Its residents most likely will take offense at grouped into the Lake Tahoe region, since it is about an hour and a half drive from the lake, however it is in the high Sierra’s which is why I’ve included it here. Dutch Flat is a quaint little town, still surviving, though at not nearly the population it had in the 1800’s. It also very scenic because of its location and size. The photos are all with in 200 yards of the “center” of town. So you can see how scenic it is around the "center" of the town. I’ve included it not only because of its scenic location but for sentimental reasons as well. For more information on the California Gold rush, I suggest you see my paper on who were the forty niners.(I think there are more photos from Dutch Flat in that collection.)

Any comments, please E-mail me, .

Click on the title or thumbnail to view the larger picture.

Dutch Flat House	Clouds
The Diggings	More Diggings
"Green Lake"	Dutch flat was a thriving mining town in the from 1850 until about the turn of the century. There were traditional mines, as well as hydraulic mining. Hydraulic Mining involved shooting water through high pressure nozzles, called monitors, that blasted away the mountain sides in search of gold. The run off then went through “Long Tom’s” and the gold was extracted. The diggings are the legacy of hydraulic mining. Iron rich soil exposed to the elements that nothing really grows very well in. The pools are from runoff, and notice how green they are. I assume that is because of minerals that are leached from the ground. Possible copper, but I am not sure what.