Ghost Town USA’s

Guide to the Ghost Towns, Mining Camps,

and Other Formerly Inhabited Places in

MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

 

Locations beginning with G

 

 

 

GAINES MINE

This gold mine was discovered in 1850 by the GAINES brothers, and was located about 4.5 miles northeast of Hornitos, in the Hornitos Mining District.  In 1882 it was operated by the M. Hulling & Co., of Oil City, PA, the same company that owned the Number 9 Mine. 

Could this be the same as the Mount Gaines Mine? (GBS)

 

GAMBOL’S SAWMILL

In 1921, Gambol’s Sawmill was located at the upper end of Catheys Valley.

 

GARIBALDI MINE

This gold mine was located in the Kinsley Mining District.  Actual location not determined.

 

GEARY MINE

This gold mine was located at Whitlock, which is in the heart of the Whitlock Mining District.  Actual location not determined.

 

GENTRY GULCH

This gold mining area dates to the 1850s, and was located about six – eight AIR miles east of Coulterville.  The creek is a tributary to the Merced River.  It is part of the Greeley Hill/Kinsley Mining District.

…SEE Greeley Hill Mining District (below) for a list of mines in that specific mining district.

 

GENTRY GULCH MINE

The Gentry Gulch Mine was located in Gentry Gulch, and later consolidated with the Hasloe Mine.

…SEE also the Greeley Hill Mining District (below) for a list of the mines in that mining district.

 

GERTRUDE  (ONCE inside the original boundaries of Mariposa County, but now in Madera Co.  It is included

             here due to its importance to Mariposa County researchers…GBS)

AKA – Stringtown                     

“Gertrude, formerly known as Stringtown, was included in the area originally formed as Mariposa County. It was named after the wife of John Haley, owner of Fresno Enterprise Mining Co. It was located on the Fresno River about 4 miles from Ahwahnee. There was a Gertrude Post Office and a Gertrude School. In 1856 the County lines were changed to put Gertrude in Fresno County. In 1893 the lines were again changed to put Gertrude in Madera County. Today there is no Gertrude but the area is still in Madera County. Gertrude became part of Ahwahnee around the turn of the century. I understand that the telephone company has, or is going to, feature Gertrude School on a telephone directory.”

This information was contributed by Ray Cannon 9/12/2004).  THANK you Ray! (GBS)

 

GLACIER POINT HOTEL

            Location not determined, but probably in Yosemite National Park.  Status???

 

GODEY’S GULCH

This placer gold camp was named for Alex GODEY, who discovered gold here in 1849.  The camp was active from 1849-1850s, and was located along Carson Creek, south of SH 140, four miles west of Mariposa and just east of Agua Fria.

 

GOFF’S STATION

A train stop located on the Goff Homestead, which was located about a mile from the old town of Exchequer, which was near the Exchequer Dam.  Actual location not determined. 

(Edited from a June 3, 2000 posting to the Mariposa County Discussion List by Joan Nichols.)

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

           

GOLD BUG MINE

This 1880s-1890s era gold mine was located in the Cat Town Mining District.  Actual location not determined.

 

GOLD HILL

This 1849 era placer gold mining camp was located near Mormon Bar, south of Mariposa.  Actual location not determined.

           

GOLD HILL MINE

The Gold Hill Mine was a hard rock mine located about a mile east of Mount Ophir and 1.5 miles northwest of Mount Bullion.  It was active from the 1850s up through the 1910s.

 

GOLD KING MINE

This gold mine was located in the Kinsley Mining District.  Actual location not determined.

 

GOLD STAR MINE

This 1936-1952 era hard rock mine was located about a half mile east of Clearinghouse in the Clearinghouse Mining District, on the north side (?) of the Merced River.  

 

GOLDEN AGE MINE

One of several mines located in the Sweetwater Mining District.  It was active in 1883 and at that time had a ten-stamp mill, and was owned by the GROVEs.

 

GOLDEN GATE I MINE

Located about a mile northwest of Bear Valley, in the Bagby Mining District.

 

GOLDEN KEY MINE

This hard rock mine was located in the Whitlock Mining District, and shut down in 1949 after producing in excess of $154,000 in gold.  It was located about 1.2 miles west of the Sherlock Road/Whitlock Road junction, in the Sherlock Creek-Whitlock area.

 

GOOD GULCH MINE

This East Belt vein system gold mine was active in 1949-1950.  Location not determined.

 

GOODVIEW MINE

This copper mine was located in the West Westfall Area Copper Mines off West Westfall Road, south of Preston Road, 0.6 miles southwest of the junction of West Westfall/ Preston roads, in the southwestern tip of county.

 

GRANITE KING MINE

Located in the Buckeye Mining District, this hard rock gold mine operated from the 1870s-early 1900s & 1938-1941.  Actual location not determined.

 

GRANITE SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT

This 1930s era gold mining district was located north of Lake McClure, in the northwest corner of Mariposa County and the southwestern corner of Tuolumne County.

For details on the below listed mines, follow the links to the appropriate alphabetic listing pages.

·        ANITA MINE

·        BURR MINE

·        FLORINITA MINE

·        JACKSON MINE

·        WHITE ROCK MINE (#2)

 
GREASER GULCH

This 1850s gold mining camp was located just east of the county line, along Burns Gulch, between Indian and Toledo gulches, 5.5 AIR miles south of Hornitos.

           

GREAT JOHNSON VEIN

AKA – Hayden Division, Spring Division

In the Bagby Mining District.  Originally discovered by John F. “Quartz” JOHNSON, but worked by the HAYDEN brothers, it had two major mines on it, the Hayden Division and the Spring Division.  The Hayden evolved into the Josephine Mine, and was eventually absorbed by the Pine Tree & Josephine Mine complex.

 

GREAT NORTHERN MINE

This copper mine was located in the West Westfall Area Copper Mines area, 2.8 AIR miles northwest of the junction of White Rock/West Westfall roads, 6.5 AIR miles south of Cathey’s Valley and 1.4 AIR miles west-northwest of the Pocahontas Mine.

 

GREELEY HILL

Named after Josiah GREELEY, this location is at the junction of CR J-20/Fiske Road, 4.5 AIR miles northeast of Coulterville.  It hosted sawmills, farmers and the hard rock mines of the Greeley Hill Mining District (SEE below).

 

GREELEY HILL MINING DISTRICT

The Greeley Hill Mining District, is part of the larger Kinsley Mining District, and was located about five-seven miles northeast of Coulterville.

For details on the below listed mines, follow the links to the appropriate alphabetic listing pages.

·        ARGO MINE  

·        BANDARITA MINE

·        BONDURANT MINE

·        CHEROKEE MINE

·        COWARD MINE:  …SEE Hasloe Mine

·        GENTRY GULCH MINE:  …SEE above

·        HASLOE MINE

·        LOUISIANA MINE

·        MARBLE SPRINGS MINE

·        RED CLOUD MINE

·        ROGERS MINE:  SEE Cherokee Mine

·        SHIMER MINE:  SEE Cherokee Mine

 

GREEN (’S) GULCH

This hard rock gold mining camp was located in the Mount Bullion Mining District, at the Green’s Gulch Mine, two miles southwest of Mt. Bullion, along the Old Toll Road.  It was active in the 1850s-1860s, and a 40-stamp mill was once located here.

 

GREEN MOUNTAIN

A small copper mining camp/community located in the southwestern point of the county, in the West Westfall Area Copper Mines area, about seven AIR miles northwest of Raymond (Madera Co.) and just north of Eastman Lake.  It was possibly at or near the junction of Ben Hur/Green Mountain/Preston roads.  A one-room school was located at the community of Green Mountain. 

 

GREEN MOUNTAIN MINE

This copper mine was located at the community of Green Mountain. (SEE above) 

           

GREEN MOUNTAIN SMELTER

This small, 1860s-1880s copper smelting camp/community was located in the southwestern point of the county, in the West Westfall Area Copper Mines area.  It was located 2.2 AIR miles west of Green Mountain School, which was located at Green Mountain, which was located in the southwestern point of the county, about seven AIR miles northwest of Raymond (Madera Co.) and just north of Eastman Lake.  Possibly at or near the junction of Ben Hur/Green Mountain/Preston roads.

 

GREEN’S STORE

In 1864, this store was operated by George GREEN, and was located on the Middle Fork of the Merced River on the Hites Cove Trail.  Actual location not determined. 

It is possibly located at or near the confluence of the South Fork with the main Merced River near the community of South Fork? (GBS)

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

 

GUADALUPE

         AKA – Camp Guadalupe, Guadelupe, Walloupa

This 1850s gold mining camp was located northeast of Cathey Valley and about seven miles south of Agua Fria.  In 1859 a 15-stamp mill was located here.  A Guadalupe Creek is shown on the map as a tributary to Agua Fria Creek, on the north side of the Guadalupe Mountains.  The creek confluence is about four AIR miles southwest of Mariposa.

 

GUADALUPE MINE

            This was an 1850s era hard rock gold mine located at Guadalupe

…SEE Guadalupe (above)

 

GUADELUPE

         …SEE Guadalupe (above).

 

 

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