{"id":7415,"date":"2018-03-18T20:21:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T03:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/?p=7415"},"modified":"2025-12-15T20:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T04:22:46","slug":"george-w-peabody-the-deep-blue-load-of-spanish-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2018\/03\/18\/george-w-peabody-the-deep-blue-load-of-spanish-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"George W. Peabody: The Deep Blue Load of Spanish Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sierra Community Access Television – Published on Oct 10, 2013]<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Deep Blue Load\u201d of Spanish Hill \u2013 Part 1<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

The El Dorado Historical Society presents historian George Peabody telling the story of the \u201cmountain of gold\u201d found in Placerville, CA.<\/p>\n

Millions of dollars worth of gold were mined from the \u201cDeep Blue Load\u201d. One of the richest of several tributaries that fed the main Tertiary channel is the \u201cDeep Blue\u201d lead.<\/p>\n

This ancient channel first appears at Georgia Hill, northwest the Toombs Ranch. It then heads south, passing southwest of the ranch, before crossing White Rock Creek, and dipping under the volcanic rocks near Lava Cap Winery. It then emerges from beneath the cap and continues south to Three Mile House at Smith\u2019s Flat, about three miles from Placerville on the old Carson Valley Highway. The Deep Blue then crosses Hangtown Creek, swings southwest, passing north of Texas Hill, and ends near Spanish Hill about 1\u00bd miles southeast of Placerville, Escaton Village is built on the site of Spanish Hill.<\/p>\n