California Gulch, Lake County, Colorado Mines and mineral resources -- Colorado -- Leadville. 39.231956 -106.242568 Leadville Lake Colorado USA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gulch Wikipedia link for California Gulch http://www.geonames.org/5415843/california-gulch.html Geonames link for California Gulch California Gulch, where it was said "The bottom of the pan looked like all of California," became the richest placer in Colorado and the site of Oro City near present-day Leadville. yes yes