WashingtonAlpha-Omega Lookout & MonumentOmega was twice destroyed by fire, the blazes occurring on August 24 of 1861 and on November 12 of 1863. Nothing is left today to suggest that more than $2.5 million in gold was uncovered here during the mining days, except for the diggings; deep pits carved out of the hills by the combined forces of water and man. |
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