First placer camp in East Belt section of Mother Lode. Gold discovered here in 1853 by Scott brothers, descendants of Cherokee Indians. Scars of placer “diggings” in every little arroyo in Cherokee Valley healed over by Mother Nature later replaced by quartz mines. Present day productive farms in this area were once rich placer grounds.

Marker is on Confidence-Tuolumne City Road (County Route E17) 0.1 miles north of Cherokee Rd., on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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