Ghost Towns of Mariposa Co., CA-E

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Guide to the Ghost Towns, Mining Camps,

and Other Formerly Inhabited Places in

MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

Locations beginning with E

EARLY MINE

This gold mine was located in the Sweetwater Mining District, and was originally discovered by Thomas EARLY, an early-day county sheriff. In 1883, it was owned by Mr. RICE and Mr. FERGUSON. Its actual location is not determined.

ELDORADO

Listed in CHAMBERLAIN’s The Call of Gold as one of the unique place names in the Coulterville-Yosemite Road region. No location is given. I assume it would be somewhere between Coulterville and Yosemite Valley.

ELKHORN SCHOOL

This one-room school is located north of Hornitos Road, at a point 4.3 miles southeast of Hornitos, across from the Ruth Pierce Mine. We drove by the site on April 10, 2002 and did not see it. It is either gone, off the road, or concealed. (GBS)

ELLIOT CORNER

I don’t know what the status of this “map dot” is, but it is located at the junction of SH 49/East Westfall Road, 15.1 miles east of Mariposa. We drove by the location on April 11, 2002, and there appears to be nothing at the site, or else we totally missed it. (GBS)

EMMA MINE

One of a dozen or so gold mines located at Hite’s Cove. Actual location not determined.

EMORY

AKA – Richardson’s

Limestone quarries and a Yosemite Valley Railroad station/shipping center were located here. It was established in 1927, and closed in 1945. In 1975 ruins still remained. Emory was located on the north side of the Merced River at the mouth of Miller Gulch, four AIR miles west of Clearinghouse and five AIR miles northeast of Briceburg.

ENTERPRISE MINE

…SEE Barcroft Mine

ERNST NOBLE’S DREDGE

…SEE Chowchilla.

EUREKA MINE (#1)

In 1882, this gold mine in the Hornitos Mining District was located on Quartz Mountain, two miles south of Hornitos.

EUREKA MINE (#2)

One of a dozen or so gold mines located at Hite’s Cove. Actual location not determined.

EVANS II MINE

Located in the Mariposa Mining District. Exact location not determined.

…SEE Mariposa for a list of mines in the Mariposa Mining District.

EXCHEQUER

Now under the waters of Lake McClure, this 1850s placer gold mining camp was located at the confluence of Cotton Creek with the Merced River east of the Exchequer Dam, and was covered by Lake McClure in 1926 when the dam was built. It once had a number of businesses, and in the 1930s, stone ruins of the Miners Bank remained. A one-room school was also located here. It was also along the Yosemite Valley Railroad line.

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First Posted: Dec 10, 2001

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