DT Data Page #

544

Newspaper

The Humboldt Times

Newspaper Date

10/26/1958

Page #

17

Item Type

Series

Place

Arcata Big Lagoon

Text

Lines of the Times - Article in the Oct. 20, 1892 paper states that Willian Vance had a sand mining machine at Big Lagoon for some months. It got wiped out by big surf a week ago. One of the features was utilizing the tailings to run the water wheel. The machine had been running for 8 days. One dark stormy night he noted the surf roared. He went down to the beach and saw the surf was rolling clear across the spit into the lagoon.

Key Words

William Vance, Sand Mining, Machine

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