Ghost Town
Guide to
the Ghost Towns, Mining Camps,
and Other
Formerly Inhabited Places in
Locations beginning with J
In the Granite
Springs Mining District, which is located in the
upper northwest corner of the county, straddling the Tuolumne County line,
north of Lake McClure. Most of
the gold mines in the district closed down by the 1930s. Actual location of the mine is not
determined.
JAMES H. HENRY DREDGE
…SEE
Bear
Creek #2
JAY BRUCE’S SAWMILL
This old mine is located on the
This old mining
town was located at the north end of
The Jerseydale
Mining District is located in the same area as the Sweetwater
Mining District, but is treated separately from the Sweetwater Mining
District in the
For more
information on the mines in the Jerseydale Mining
District click on the appropriate links below.
·
FELICIANA
MINE (#2)
·
LOUISA
MINE (#2)
JOHN HITE’S SAWMILL
…SEE Hite’s
Sawmill
JOHNNY GREEN MINE
This copper mine was located in the West
Westfall Copper Mines area, just southwest of the Copper Hill
Mine, 3.5 miles northwest of the Green Mountain Smelter, which is 1.2 AIR miles
west of White Rock Road, 3.5 AIR miles south of the junction of White Rock/West
Westfall roads, and 7.0 AIR miles north of the four-county intersection.
On Whitlock Road, 2.0 miles northwest of
the junction of Whitlock Road/Colorado Road north of Mariposa and 0.3 miles
east of the Sherlock Road junction. It
is in the Whitlock
Mining District.
Named after John F. “Quartz” JOHNSON, this old hard rock gold mine
was located near Hornitos. It was
originally discovered and worked by JOHNSON
in the 1850s. He had a two-stamp mill
here to process ore. The camp was active
again in the early 1930s.
...
An old
placer gold and dredging camp located between present Exchequer Dam and
…SEE
Pine
Tree & Josephine Mine
Located in the Bagby Mining District. Actual location not determined.
This hard rock gold mine is located in the Bagby Mining District, and was located about seven
miles north of the Mountain King Mine, which is on the Merced River, about six
miles east of Bagby.
Another
Juniper Mine (same one???) is shown on the California Division of Mines
& Geology, Bulletin 193 map about a mile southwest of
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