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Locations beginning with L
...SEE
Mount
Bullion
LA
VENUE MINE
Part of the Trujillo
Mines Group,
which was located at the headwaters of Burns Creek, about 5.5 AIR miles
northeast of Hornitos. Actual location not determined.
AKA
– La Victoria Mine
This copper mine was located in Hunter
Valley. Actual location is not
determined. It was in operation in the
mid-1860s, and appears to have been owned by a French company.
…SEE
La Victoire Mine (above)
This is not a ghost town, but a large
reservoir originally formed by construction of the Exchequer Dam on the
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BAGBY
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CHAMISAL
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CHEMISAL …SEE Chamisal
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CHIMISAL …SEE Chamisal
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SAVAGE’S
TRADING POST (#3)
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WASHINGTON
FLATS (#2)
LANDRUM MINE
This hard rock gold mine was located one
mile south of the old
This copper mine was located in the West
Westfall Area Copper Mines, just west of Illinois Hill (hill), 1.3 AIR miles
southeast of the junction of White Rock/West Westfall roads, and 7.0 AIR miles
south-southwest of Bridgeport.
LAST CHANCE MINE
This gold mine was located in the Kinsley
Mining District. Actual location
not determined.
Located
on White Rock Road southwest of Mariposa in the Green Mountain area. The one-room
Edited
from information posted to the Mariposa County Discussion group on Dec 10, 2000,
by Don Rose.
Location not determined.
LITTLE BEAR MINE
This hard
rock mine was located on Little Bear Creek about two miles north of Mid Pines
and was active in the 1920s.
LITTLE CHARLIE MINE
One of several dozen mines located in the Sherlock-Whitlock
area. Actual location not determined,
but it is in the Whitlock
Mining District.
Located in the Bagby Mining District. Actual location not determined.
LIVE OAK MINE (#2)
Located
in the Buckeye
Mining District. Hard
rock gold mine operated from the 1870s-early 1900s & 1938-1941. Actual location not determined.
LODGES
…SEE Way
Stations for a listing of the various way stations in
The original site of the
town of Mariposa,
it was a small mining camp along the west side of Mariposa Creek, about a half
mile below the present town. After
floods wiped out the camp, the citizens moved to higher ground and
rebuilt.
In
the 1885, this Hornitos Mining District gold mine
was active, but its location is not determined.
The BRANSON store was also located
here.
This copper mine was located in the
“western foothills.” Actual location not
determined.
This hard rock gold mine was located directly
on the Mother Lode vein system. Location
not determined.
This 1850s placer gold camp was probably
located on the Merced River in the Horseshoe Bend area that is now under
This copper mine was located in the West
Westfall Area Copper Mines, 0.3 miles west of West Westfall
Road, at a point 1.5 AIR miles north-northwest of the junction of White
Rock/West Westfall roads, 7.0 AIR miles north of the four-county intersection,
and 0.6 miles north of the San Jose Mine.
Located in the Mount
Bullion Mining District. Exact location not determined.
In the Coulterville
Mining District, along SH 49, about a ¼ mile south of Coulterville. Dating to the early 1850s, this was one of
the earliest claims in the area. It also
had a flurry of activity from 1894-1900, but was quiet from then on. The Louisa Mine (#1) produced about $100,000
in gold.
One of many gold mines
in the Jerseydale Mining District. Actual location not determined.
Probably
the same as one of the Louisa mines above. (GBS)
This gold mine was
located in the Greeley
Hill Mining District, which is part of the larger Kinsley
Mining District, but its actual location is not determined.
…SEE
Cherokee
Mine
...SEE
individual listing for Agua
Fria.
This hard rock gold mine
was on the east side of and adjoining the French Mine. In the 1950s there were still several mine
and mill buildings remaining. Actual
location not determined.
Is this
the same French Mine that is located in the Bagby
District? If so, I will reference it at
that location also. Anyone know? (GBS)
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FRIA | BAGBY | BEAR
VALLEY | COULTERVILLE
| HORNITOS | MARIPOSA
| MOUNT
BULLION
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