Dog Town produced the largest gold nugget ever found on the Sierra's eastern slope.

Nearby, the more appealing and profitable town of Monoville was booming, eventually expanding to a population of 700 pioneers.

Hundreds of men operating giant hoses equipped with rotating nozzles washed down vast mountain slopes in search of gold.

As of 2005[update], the surviving remnants of Dogtown are the walls of several stone huts, a few roof timbers, and a single gravesite.

Surrounding ranches and three homes of relatively recent vintage along French Gulch Creek occupy what once was a riotous mining camp.

While the older miners gave up on striking riches there, prospectors insist that not all the gold was taken and some still remains in those hills and old diggings.