Ghost Town USA’s

Guide to the Ghost Towns, Mining Camps,

and Other Formerly Inhabited Places in

MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

 

Locations beginning with H

 

 

HARBOR & KING SAWMILL  #1

…SEE King & Harbor Sawmill #1

 

HARBOR & KING SAWMILL #2

…SEE King & Harbor Sawmill #2

 
HARDISON’S CAMP

This 1850s era gold mining camp was located along Mariposa Creek, near Mariposa.  Actual location not determined.

           

HARRIS’ SAWMILL

In 1908 Stony HARRIS operated a sawmill

 at Darrah Station, which was located at the junction of the Jerseydale and Triangle roads, northeast of Mariposa. 

 

HARVEY’S BAR

This 1849-early 1850s placer mining camp was located on the horseshoe bend of the Merced River.  Now under Lake McClure.

 

HASLOE MINE

AKA – Coward Mine

Was located in Gentry Gulch, a mile east of the Cherokee Mine, 5.5 miles southeast of Greeley Hill and about eight miles east of Coulterville.  It consolidated with several smaller mines, and operated from 1854-1956, producing about $4.0 million in gold.  It was in the Greeley Hill Mining District, which is part of the larger Kinsley Mining District.

 

HAYDEN DIVISION

…SEE Great Johnson Vein.

 

HAYDENSVILLE

            ...SEE Bear Valley

 

HAYWARD

On Hayward Road, 0.2 miles east of the junction of SH 132/Hayward Road, 1.2 AIR miles northeast of the intersection of Mariposa/ Tuolumne/Stanislaus and Merced counties, in the northwest tip of the county west of Lake McClure.

 

HELL(S) HOLLOW

The steep gulch SH 49 drops through as it runs north towards the Merced River.  The summit is 1.4 miles north of Bear Valley.  Placer mining took place along the gulch’s stream bottom in the 1850-1860s era.  FREMONT built a small railroad from the Pine Tree & Josephine Mine to his mills at Benton Mills, along the Merced River.  The railroad and its grade are long gone, but probably followed the route SH 49 now follows.

           

HEMPSTED

According to GUDDE in CGC, this place was “on the road to Mariposa.”  Actual location not determined.

 

HENRY DREDGE

         …SEE Bear Creek #2

 

HERBERT MINE

In 1885, a Mr.

 ADAMS

 and CARTER owned this gold mine at an undetermined location.      

HIGH STATE BAR

This early 1850s placer gold mining camp was located along Maxwell Creek, near Coulterville.  Actual location not determined.

HILLS MINE

This mine is shown in the DeLorme Northern California Atlas a mile southeast of SH 140, 3.2 AIR miles east of where the road crosses the county line east of Merced.

HITE CENTRAL MINE

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

…SEE Hites Cove (below) for a listing of the mines in that area.

HITE MINE

Located at Hites Cove, some $3.0 million was produced by this gold mine between 1862 and the early 1900s.  Actual location not determined.

…SEE Hites Cove (below) for a listing of the mines in that area.

HITES COVE

Hites Cove is located on the south-facing slope above the north side of the South Fork of the Merced River, about 3.5 AIR miles southwest of El Portal.  The rich quartz-gold mines were discovered in 1861 by John R. HITE, and by 1864 the camp had a population of about 100 and a ten-stamp mill in operation.  A decade later a 20-stamp mill was in operation. 

Because of its isolated location, drinking and gambling were popular diversions.  All the buildings in the small camp burned in 1924. HIKING TRAIL ACCESS ONLY

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

·        BROWN BEAR MINE

·        BUNKER HILL MINE

·        CONFIDENCE MINE

·        EMMA MINE

·        EUREKA MINE (#2)

·        GEORGIA POINT MINE

·        HITE MINESEE above

·        HITE CENTRAL MINE SEE above

·        KADERITAS MINE

·        MEXICAN MINE (#2)

·        SQUIRREL MINESEE Bunker Hill Mine

·        WILLIAMS MINE

HITE’S SAWMILL

In 1875, John HITE owned and operated a sawmill

 at Snyder Gulch.

HO BETTIE MINE

            The location of this c1883 gold mine is not determined.

HOG CANYON

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.           

HORNITOS  (CHL #333)                   elevation  850’

This pioneering mining camp was established in 1848 by Mexican miners, and was quickly over-run by “less desirable elements” evicted from the booming mining town of Quartzburg about two miles away.  Hornitos quickly developed a reputation as a rough town.  However, it eventually settled down and became a respectable community, eclipsing Quartzburg.  It is located on CR-J16, 11 miles west of Bear Valley, and about 15 AIR miles west-northwest of Mariposa.  PHOTOs!

HORNITOS MINING DISTRICT

         …SEE Hornitos for detailed information and a list of the mines.

HORSESHOE BEND

This 1850s placer/hydraulic gold mining camp was located along the Merced River, about three miles southwest of Coulterville.  This once busy mining camp had 400 folks, but is now covered by the blue waters of Lake McClure.

HORSESHOE MINE

This old gold mine was located on the Jordan Creek Road, 0.6 miles west of the turnoff to Buck Meadows, about five miles east of Greeley Hill, in the Greeley Hill Mining District, which is part of the larger Kinsley Mining District.  It operated off and on up until the 1960s.

HUMBUG

A Humbug Creek is located about five AIR miles southeast of Mariposa.  It is mentioned as a place name by COOK, but no other details are given.  Actual location not determined.

HUMPHREY & GEIGER’S SAWMILL

One of the first sawmills in the county was built in 1852 by HUMPHREY & GEIGER.  The location is not determined.

HUMPHREY & MOCK’S SAWMILL

In 1855, Mr. HUMPHREY & Moses MOCK built this sawmill on Bear Creek.  Exact location not determined.

HUNT’S STORE

            Location not determined

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

HUNTER VALLEY

This mining area is located south of Horseshoe Bend, between the two “legs” of Lake McClure west of Bear Valley.  It was named after William W. HUNTER.  There was placer mining activity here in the 1850s and hard rock mining beginning in the 1860s.  In 1949-1950, the gold mines in Hunter Valley were the largest gold producers in the county.  The name of the valley is variously spelled HUNTER, HUNTERS or HUNTER’S, depending on source.  I am presenting it in this work in the singular.  (GBS)

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

·        BERETTI MINE

·        BLUE CLOUD MINE

·        CARSON MINE (#1)

·        CARSON MINE (#2)

·        COTTON CREEK MINE

·        IRON DUKE MINE

·        La VICTOIRE MINE

·        La VICTORIA MINE … SEE La Victoire Mine

·        MORNING STAR MINE

·        MOUNTAINEER MINE

·        OAKES & REESE MINE

·        ORANGE BLOSSOM MINE

·        PYRAMID MINE

·        SCHOOLHOUSE MINE

·        YELLOWSTONE MINE (#1)

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