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History: Well before the Klondike Yukon, Quebec Beauce became the "country" first gold fever in the Canada. In 1834, young Clothilde Gilbert discovered a small nugget Gold River tuft of pine on the seigneury Rigaud Vaudreuil. The region from the current Beauceville is located less than an hour south of Quebec City and 30 minutes from the Maine border.
Sand, gravel streams and rivers are sassés. Febrile ambitions for pioneering companies. The peak, the hammer and the shovel slave in the écores. After the Hay farmers catch "gold fever". Companies renting family Chaussegros de Léry perpetual seigneurial rights. Gilbert River, upstream of Saint-François-de-la-Beauce, Devil's rapid stirs the coveted.
As early as 1847, James Douglas operates the first Canadian gold company, "The Chaudiere Mining Co.". Douglas is the "Hudson Bay Company" Superintendent and soon new Victoria Colombia British colonial Governor.
In 1863, Poulin and Rodrigue wake again this "gold rush". This ephemeral rush causes immigration flows of beverage and disorder. Possession of the mineral rights is at the heart of many judicial disputes. The famous nuggets Kilgour (52 g) McDonald (45 g) and St-Onge (42 g) date back to this golden era. Also, in 1867, New York "De Léry Gold Mining Co." company establishes in Saint-François de Beauce the first attempt to operate a vein of gold in the country. "Claims, Placer, shafts"...
From 1870 to 1884 reigns the Beauce gold history golden age. W.P. Lockwood innovates with hydraulic method. California fashion a course. The simple minor wins 80 cents per day. Powerful jets of water erode the banks of rivers and streams. Railway advance in the Beauce region. The frenzy casting its spell over.
The end of the 19th century, the decline of a great dream. A legal appeal confirms the seigneurial mineral rights! Small groups of minors are almost more tolerated on this concession de Léry. Since 1834, the "gold rush" from the Beauce region is worth its weight in gold: $ 2 million.
Turn, the Eastern Townships draws, manufacturing new England also. On the outskirts of the Beauce, Scots Donald Morrison defies the fonts of the Canada for ten months.
At this time the long Gallery so-called "drift" Mr. Hardman meanders under Saint-Georges de Beauce. To them, St-Onge brothers dig the heart of Saint-Georges.
Exiled in the Yukon, two researchers d "beaucerons gold are murdered."
Around 1910, the "fields of gold Rigaud – Vaudreuil' fore the river of wheels of Saint-François, second the Canada mining complex. Soon, the Beauce Arthur Doyon (1915-1987) explores the Abitibi: so-called Doyon Odyno, then second producer gold mine in the Canada.
Finally, from 1957 to 1964, the "Beauce Placer Mining Co. Ltd." risk adventure with its dredge Séraphin-Bolduc de Saint-Simon-aux-mines.
1834 In 1987, the bowels of the Beauce bearing a ton and a half of gold. Gilbert River boasts 50% gold extracted from the Beauce.
Beauce, an El Dorado gold mines?