Moses Logan Rodgers (c. 1835–October 22, 1900)[1] was an African American pioneer of California, arriving in 1849, during the California Gold Rush.
Five main shafts and over 10,000 feet of underground workings brought the gold/silver ore to the surface where it was handsorted and then sent by wagon to the mine's concentration mill.
A Merced newspaper said of Rodgers that "there is no better mining man in the State.
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