BICENTENNIAL Batavias gold rush hit in 1868, again in
#0183;#32;Batavia: Headquarters of the Batavia Gold Mining Company, 1868 In the Elk Lick Valley along the East Fork of the Little Miami River, gold was discovered in 1868 by two men who had once been involved in the California Gold Rush of 1849. The ore was discovered on the farm of Robert Wood.