GEOLOGIC MAPS AND NOTES ALONG HIGHWAY 49 BOWEN AND CRIPPEN 



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View northeast toward old Omega hydraulic mine, Xevada County. 

 Photo by Olnf P. Jenkins. 



FIG. 34. Looking north toward hydraulic pit at North Bloomfield. The excava- 

 tions which once were thought to be an eyesore are now places of great beauty. Photo 

 by Olaf P. Jenkins. 



FIG. 35. Another view of the Omega hydraulic pit showing caarse cobbles in the 

 foreground, the finer parts of the deposit having been washed away by the hose nozzles. 

 Photo by Olaf P. Jenkins. 



FIG. 30. Joubert hydraulic pits in Sierra County. Highway 49 runs directly through 

 these diggings. Photo by Olaf P. Jenkins. 



