Ghost Town
Guide to
the Ghost Towns, Mining Camps,
and Other
Formerly Inhabited Places in
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
Could this be the same as the
In 1921, Gambol’s Sawmill
was located at the upper end of
GARIBALDI MINE
This gold mine was located in the Kinsley
Mining District. Actual location
not determined.
This gold mine was located at Whitlock,
which is in the heart of the Whitlock
Mining District. Actual location
not determined.
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
…SEE Greeley
Hill Mining District (below) for a list of mines in that specific mining
district.
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
AKA – Stringtown
“Gertrude, formerly known as Stringtown, was
included in the area originally formed as
This information was contributed by Ray Cannon 9/12/2004). THANK you Ray! (GBS)
Location
not determined, but probably in
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.
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
This 1880s-1890s era gold mine was located
in the Cat
Town Mining District. Actual
location not determined.
This 1849 era placer
gold mining camp was located near Mormon Bar, south of Mariposa. Actual location not determined.
The Gold Hill Mine was a hard rock mine
located about a mile east of
This gold mine was located in the Kinsley
Mining District. Actual location
not determined.
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
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
Located about a mile
northwest of Bear Valley, in the Bagby Mining District.
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
This East Belt vein system gold mine was active in 1949-1950. Location not determined.
This copper mine was located in the West
Westfall Area Copper Mines off
Located in the Buckeye
Mining District, this hard rock gold mine operated from the 1870s-early
1900s & 1938-1941. Actual location
not determined.
This 1930s era gold mining district was
located north of
For details on the below listed mines,
follow the links to the appropriate alphabetic listing pages.
·
WHITE
ROCK MINE (#2)
This 1850s gold mining
camp was located just east of the county line, along Burns Gulch, between
Indian and
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.
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.
Named after Josiah GREELEY, this location is at the junction of
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.
·
COWARD MINE: …SEE Hasloe
Mine
·
GENTRY GULCH MINE: …SEE above
·
·
SHIMER MINE: SEE Cherokee Mine
This hard rock gold mining camp was located
in the Mount
Bullion Mining District, at the Green’s Gulch Mine, two miles southwest
of
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
This copper mine was
located at the community of
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
In 1864, this store was operated by George GREEN, and was located on the Middle Fork of the
It is possibly located at or
near the confluence of the South Fork with the main
…SEE Way
Stations for a listing of the various way stations in
GUADALUPE
This 1850s gold mining camp was located
northeast of
This
was an 1850s era hard rock gold mine located at
Guadalupe
…SEE Guadalupe (above)
GUADELUPE
…SEE
Guadalupe (above).
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