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Granite Creek (Alaska)
Granite Creek may refer to: * Granite Creek (British Columbia), a creek and townsite in British Columbia, Canada * Granite Creek (Arizona), a tributary of the Verde River in Arizona, United States * Granite Creek (Black Rock Desert), a stream in Nevada See also * 20 Granite Creek ''20 Granite Creek'' is the rock band Moby Grape's fifth album. After recording their last album for Columbia Records, '' Truly Fine Citizen'', the band went on hiatus until 1971 when they reunited with Skip Spence and Bob Mosley and recorded thi ..., an album of Moby Grape {{disambiguation ...
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Granite Creek (British Columbia)
Granite Creek is a creek and townsite in British Columbia located in the Similkameen region. Granite Creek flows north into the Tulameen River and joins that river approximately one and a half miles to the east of Coalmont, British Columbia. It is assumed Granite Creek yielded more than $500,000 in placer gold since its discovery. Gold nuggets worth $50 in value were not unusual in the early years. The creek was mined by Europeans and Chinese. Granite Creek was hydraulicked near its mouth in the 1890s. Most historical accounts claigold on the creek was discovered in 1885by a rustler by the name of Johnny Chance. Johnny Chance stumbled upon placer gold in Granite Creek. Another historical account indicates Granite Creek was discovered in the fall of 1884 by Briggs, Bromley and a third partner. A stampede of miners headed towards Granite Creek and at the confluence of the Tulameen River, they created a mining camp. The camp grew and soon was also known as Granite Creek, Britis ...
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Granite Creek (Arizona)
Granite Creek is a tributary of the Verde River in the U.S. state of Arizona. It flows generally north-northeast from the Bradshaw Mountains of west-central Arizona through the city of Prescott and the Granite Dells to meet the river at the north end of the Little Chino Valley east of Sullivan Lake. Course Granite Creek begins in the Prescott National Forest as an intermittent stream in the Bradshaw Mountains of west-central Arizona. It flows briefly southeast, then curves generally north, passing under Arizona State Route 89, which then runs along its left. As the creek nears White Spar Campground, Schoolhouse Gulch enters from the right. Below the campground, Granite Creek leaves the national forest, then receives Bannon Creek from the right and Manzanita Creek from the left. As it enters the city of Prescott, Granite Creek passes under Route 89 and receives Aspen Creek from the left. Miller Creek enters from the left near north side of Prescott, as Granite Creek flows to the ...
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Granite Creek (Black Rock Desert)
Granite Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Nevada. Granite Creek was so named on account of granite Granite () is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies undergro ... outcroppings near its course. References Rivers of Pershing County, Nevada Rivers of Washoe County, Nevada Rivers of Nevada {{Nevada-river-stub ...
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20 Granite Creek
''20 Granite Creek'' is the rock band Moby Grape's fifth album. After recording their last album for Columbia Records, '' Truly Fine Citizen'', the band went on hiatus until 1971 when they reunited with Skip Spence and Bob Mosley and recorded this reunion album for Reprise Records; their only album for the label. David Rubinson, who produced most of the band's Columbia albums, was back as producer here, as well as serving as the band's manager.. The album title refers to an address near Santa Cruz, CA but there is no record that any band member ever lived there. The rights to this album are now owned by the band after previous manager, Matthew Katz, lost them when the band successfully sued him in 2007. Critical reception Reviewing for ''Rolling Stone'' in 1971, music critic Richard Meltzer found the album remarkable and said that it "proves that without an audience and with all the members of the original Grape aboard ship they can outdo Truly Fine Citizen with their eyes clos ...
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