Ghost Towns of Mariposa Co., CA-D

Ghost Town USA’s

Guide to the Ghost Towns, Mining Camps,

and Other Formerly Inhabited Places in

MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

Locations beginning with D

DARRAH STATION

Located at the junction of the Jerseydale and Triangle roads, northeast of Mariposa. In 1908 Stony HARRIS operated a sawmill at this location. A one-room school also operated here.

DELONG’S STATION

This old stage station was operated by Charles DeLONG, and was located along DeLong Creek and SH 49, 1.1 miles east of where the Chowchilla River crosses the highway, between Usona and Elliot Corner. DeLong competed actively against White & Hatch’s Stage Station and Sawmill located only a quarter mile away. He and the White & Hatch people got into a dispute over logging of land claimed by both.

…SEE Way Stations for a listing of the various way stations in Mariposa County.

DILTZ MINE

This long-active gold mine was discovered and operated by John S. DILTZ. It yielded several large masses of gold, and was located on the East Belt vein system off Sherlock Road, north of Mariposa, in the Sherlock-Whitlock Creek area, about a mile east of the Nutmeg Mine. It was active from the 1850s through 1949 when it consolidated with the Oro Grande Mine. Before consolidation, this mine had yielded between $750,000 and $1 million in gold. It was located in Whitlock Mining District.

DILTZ-ORO GRANDE MINE

In 1949 the Diltz Mine and the Oro Grande Mine were consolidated, operating together until 1952, when they shut down. It was located in Whitlock Mining District.

…also SEE Diltz Mine (above), & Oro Grande Mine.

DOGTOWN

Part of the Kinsley Mining District, this old placer gold mining town was located northwest of Indian Gulch, west of Gentry Gulch, four miles east-southeast of Coulterville and 4.5 miles northwest of Cat Town.

DOGWOOD

Location not determined.

DOLMAN MINE

Located in the Bagby Mining District. Actual location not determined.

DOMINGAS MINE

Shown on the DeLorme Atlas on the north side of Eldorado Creek, about 0.8 miles north of the Hornitos Road and two miles east-southeast of Hornitos.

It is probably the same mine as the Domingues Mine, listed below. (GBS)

DOMINGUES MINE

This hard rock gold mine showed some activity during the 1949-1950 period. Actual location not determined, but it was near Hornitos.

It is probably the same mine as the Domingas Mine, listed above. (GBS)

DOSS MINE

Located near Hornitos, the actual location of this old mine is not determined. However, it did produce $100,000 in gold.

DRUNKEN GULCH

This 1850s era placer gold mining camp was located about 2.5 miles northeast of Mt. Bullion, and about a mile south of the confluence of Sherlock Creek with the Merced River.

DUDLEY’S STATION

Located on CR-J 20, 1.6 miles east of Greeley Hill, 0.2 miles west of Smith Station Road. The Smith & Dudley Sawmill was located here, and in the early 1870s this was a busy stage station along the Yosemite Road.

…SEE Way Stations for a listing of the various way stations in Mariposa County.

DUNCAN MINE

In 1885, this patented Hornitos Mining District gold mine was equipped with a five-stamp mill. The exact location is not determined.

DUTCH CREEK

Placer gold was mined along this creek near its confluence with the Merced River, just north of Bower Cave.

DUTCH RANCHE

This was an early 1850s gold camp located west of Coulterville. The exact location is not determined.

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