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See 1907 quote.

See: river claim

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1900

At the base of the French Hill lay Eldorado Creek, and on a creek claim stood the cabin of Clyde Wharton.

1907

In the early days a creek claim extended 500 feet up and down the creek and from rimrock to rimrock in width or, later, from the base of the hill on one side of the valley to the base of the hill on the other side in width.