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Former populated place and mining camp.
Aurora was believed to be in California from March 24, 1861 until September 16, 1863.
Latitude: 38.2871421 Longitude: -118.9006963 (° decimal)
Elevation: 7441ft, 2268m.
Literature Referring To This Location:
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Billeb, Emil B. 1968.
Mining Camp Days.
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1968.
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Browne, J. Ross. 1863-1865.
J. Ross Browne's Illustrated Mining Adventures, 1863-1865.
Balboa Island, California: Paisano Press, 1861.
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Selected articles about Browne's visits to Aurora, Bodie, Mono Lake, Walker River, Reese River, Lost Mines, New Almaden, and Santa Cruz.
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Kersten, Earl W. 1964.
The early settlement of Aurora, Nevada, and nearby mining camps.
Annals of the Association of American Geographers.
54: 490.
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Shevenell, Lisa, and Larry J. Garside. 2006.
Nevada Geothermal Resources.
Reno, NV: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 2005.
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Tingley, Joseph V. 1990.
Mineral Resource Inventory, Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, Navada.
NBMG Open File Report 90-1.
Reno, Nevada: United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, January 1990.
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Wasson, Jos. 1878.
Bodie and Esmeralda.
San Francisco, CA: Spaulding, Barto & Co., May, 1878.
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Souvenir reprint 1963 by Wendell Hammon and Theron Fox.
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Wilusz, John P. 2002.
The Colorful History of the California/Nevada State Boundary.
Professional Surveyor.
Pts. 1-2.
(http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/row/landsurveys/Study_material/State_Boundaries/ca-nv-border-p1-2.pdf, date retrieved: 19 April 2016)
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