Negro Flat was a placer

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camp on the Salmon River, now located in

Siskiyou County, California Siskiyou County (, ) is a county in the northernmost part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,076. Its county seat is Yreka and its highest point is Mount Shasta. It falls within the Cascadia bioregio ...

. It was located originally in Trinity County, in 1850.Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of California, Vol. VI, 1848-1859, The History company, San Francisco, 1888, p.370 Theodore Henry Hittell, History of California, Volume 3, N. J. Stone, San Francisco, 1897, p.140
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History

Negro Flat was one of the largest gold producers in Trinity County in 1850, along with Gullion's Bar, Bestville, and

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. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: Vol. XXIII History of California, vol VI, 1848-1859, The History Company, San Francisco, 1888, p. 370, Note.
/ref> In 1851, it became part of Klamath County. In 1874, its site became part of Siskiyou County, when Klamath County was finally abolished and divided between Siskiyou and Humboldt counties.

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