Forty Nine Creek is a creek located in the

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region of

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. The creek flows north from Bonnington Range into the

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History

Forty Nine Creek was discovered in the 1860s. The creek was mined for gold. Methods of mining used include hydraulicking, drifting, and ground sluicing. In the 1930s syndicates like Black Watch mined the creek.

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