Eastwood Creek

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Coleman Creek
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
Region San Diego County
Physical characteristics
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 - locationon the north slope of the gold hill north of Julian, near to the Owens Mine., San Diego County
 - coordinates 33°5′7″N116°36′10″W / 33.08528°N 116.60278°W / 33.08528; -116.60278 [1]
 - elevation4,375 ft (1,334 m)
River mouth mouth
 - locationat its confluence with Coleman Creek northwest of Julian., San Diego County
 - coordinates 33°4′55″N116°37′20″W / 33.08194°N 116.62222°W / 33.08194; -116.62222 Coordinates: 33°4′55″N116°37′20″W / 33.08194°N 116.62222°W / 33.08194; -116.62222 [2]
 - elevation3,950 ft (1,200 m) [2]
Basin features
River system Coleman Creek

Eastwood Creek in San Diego County, California is a tributary of Coleman Creek that arises in the Cuyamaca Mountains, at the north face of the gold bearing mountain north of Julian . [3] From the source Eastwood Creek descends northwesterly a short distance, then turns southwest down a canyon to its confluence with Coleman Creek, just below the site of Branson City. [4]

San Diego County, California County in California, United States

San Diego County, officially the County of San Diego, is a county in the southwestern corner of the state of California, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,095,313. making it California's second-most populous county and the fifth-most populous in the United States. Its county seat is San Diego, the eighth-most populous city in the United States. It is the southwesternmost county in the 48 contiguous United States.

Tributary stream or river that flows into a main stem river or lake

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean.

Coleman Creek in San Diego County, California is a tributary of the San Diego River that arises at the top of the valley running southeasterly from Julian, at a saddle between two ridges of the Cuyamaca Mountains just south of Kentwood-In-The-Pines. From there, Coleman Creek descends northwesterly down the valley to Julian, where it turns west, descending its canyon northwesterly through the site of Branson City, past the mouth of its tributary Eastwood Creek on the north, passing through the south end of Spencer Valley, past the mouth of its tributary Baily Creek on the north, then descending northwest down Quanai Canyon to its confluence with the San Diego River.

History

Site of placer mining and mining camps along its banks from late 1869 into the early 1870s, Eastwood Creek was named for the mining town site Eastwood that Joseph Stancliff planned northwest of Julian, but which failed to thrive, similarly to Branson City. Eastwood gave its name to the creek and a nearby hill. [5]

Placer mining technique of mining stream bed deposits for minerals

Placer mining is the mining of stream bed (alluvial) deposits for minerals. This may be done by open-pit or by various surface excavating equipment or tunnelling equipment.

Eastwood, California Ghost Town in California, United States

Eastwood, is a ghost town in San Diego County, California. It was located a mile northwest of Julian, near Eastwood Creek.

Branson City, California Ghost Town in California, United States

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