A fact from Yuba Goldfields appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 May 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Yuba Goldfields, said to resemble intestines from the air, are a bizarre collection of gravel mountains, ponds, and streams that remained a major source of gold long after the California Gold Rush?
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Latest comment: 17 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
This needs to be rewritten. The mining companies were after the gold in the alluvial deposits under the slickens. There is essentially no gold in the slickens. I know because I looked. I spent my childhood living on the slickens (east end of Walnut Avenue), listening to the dredgers running at night. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 176.21.111.21 (talk • contribs) 23:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC).Reply
That may be true, but that's what we consider original research here. Unfortunately the published sources don't say anything about that. howcheng {chat} 03:17, 11 March 2007 (UTC)Reply
