Mariposa Co.,
CA
(CHL
#518)
Consisted of two communities of gold miners about
a mile apart...Lower
The historic
marker is located on SH 140, 3.2 miles west of Mariposa (milepost 17.2). The camps were located on Agua Fria Creek, a
half mile east of the junction of SH 140/ Mt. Bullion Cutoff, north of SH 140,
about 3.5 miles west of Mariposa.
Both the
state of
From the Mariposa
Free Press June 23, 1866
Information
contributed via E-mail from William Disbro
Agua Frio Burned.- The town of
destroyed by fire
yesterday morning. The fire originated in one of the
houses occupied by
Chinamen, and as the buildings were all wood
structures the whole town
was soon in a blaze. We are unable to give
the amount of loss, as we have only
learned the above meager particulars
just as we go to press.
Upper
Agua Fria was also known as Poverty Flat, and was smaller than,
and located about a mile northwest of the main camp. Hard rock mining began here about 1851.
·
NEΌ Sec
20, T5S, R18E, MDM
· Latitude: 37.4849377 / 37° 29 06 N
·
Longitude: -120.0201759 / 120°
01 13 W
SOURCES: #1, 2, 11
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