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A look around Cerro Gordo, once the largest producer of silver for the state of California! Cerro Gordo was established in 1865 and went on the be the most prosperous silver mine in California's history. At it's peak, over 4,500 miners called Cerro Gordo home. Nearly $500 million worth of minerals were pulled from the hills. Law enforcement wouldn't go to Cerro Gordo and miners were expected to solve their own problems. This led to over a murder per week in it's heyday. Once the silver and water

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Inside Cerro Gordo, The Abandoned California Mining Town With A Bloody History

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