Historic Sites and Points of Interest in Nevada County
You Bet and Red Dog are in south-central Nevada County, eight miles southeast of Nevada City. Red Dog was named by Charley Wilson after his former home, Red Dog Hill, Illinois.
The region was first placer-mined in 1848 or 1849. The district was hydraulicked on a large scale from 1855 until the 1880s.
Source: westernmininghistory.com