Brass Wire Bar is a former settlement in Nevada County,

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. Brass Wire Bar is located on the

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, across from

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. It was a mining camp; Chinese miners worked the site in 1880. About $50,000 worth of gold was found there.

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Former populated places in California Former settlements in Nevada County, California {{NevadaCountyCA-geo-stub