Ghost Towns of Mariposa Co., CA, L

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Guide to the Ghost Towns, Mining Camps,

and Other Formerly Inhabited Places in

MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

Locations beginning with L

LA MINETA

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.

LA VICTOIRE MINE

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.

LA VICTORIA MINE

…SEE La Victoire Mine (above)

LAKE McCLURE

This is not a ghost town, but a large reservoir originally formed by construction of the Exchequer Dam on the Merced River in 1926. In the mid 1960s the dam was raised 175’, creating Lake McClure and backing the reservoir up as far as Bagby/Benton Mills. This horseshoe-shaped lake lies in the northwestern part of the county, west of SH 49 and southwest of Coulterville. Many old ghost towns and mining camps along this portion of the Merced River have been covered by the lake’s water. For details follow the links to the appropriate listing pages.

· BAGBY

· BARRETT CITY

· BENTON MILLS

· CHAMISAL

· CHEMISAL …SEE Chamisal

· CHIMISAL …SEE Chamisal

· COTTONVILLE

· EXCHEQUER

· HARVEY’S BAR

· HORESHOE BEND

· LONG CANYON …SEE below

· MACIY’S BAR

· MAMMOTH BAR

· PINEY CREEK

· PLEASANT VALLEY

· RIDLEY’S FERRY

· SAVAGE’S CAMP

· SAVAGE’S TRADING POST (#3)

· SELBY FERRY

· SMITH’S FERRY

· SPLIT ROCK FERRY

· WASHINGTON FLATS (#2)

LANDRUM MINE

This hard rock gold mine was located one mile south of the old Colorado School and 5.5 AIR miles northeast of Mariposa, in the Whitlock Mining District.

LAST CHANCE COPPER MINE

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.

LEWIS

Located on White Rock Road southwest of Mariposa in the Green Mountain area. The one-room Lewis School was still standing in December 2000. It is on the Pocahontas Mine Road, about ¼-mile off White Rock Road. The Lewis Cemetery is nearby as is the Jake LEWIS house and a rock corral.

Edited from information posted to the Mariposa County Discussion group on Dec 10, 2000, by Don Rose.

LEWIS RANCH

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.

LIVE OAK MINE (#1)

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 Mariposa County.

LOGTOWN

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.

LONDON MINE

In the 1885, this Hornitos Mining District gold mine was active, but its location is not determined. The BRANSON store was also located here.

LONE TREE MINE

This copper mine was located in the “western foothills.” Actual location not determined.

LONESOME PINE MINE

This hard rock gold mine was located directly on the Mother Lode vein system. Location not determined.

LONG CANYON

This 1850s placer gold camp was probably located on the Merced River in the Horseshoe Bend area that is now under Lake McClure. (See above)

LOOKOUT MINE

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.

LOUIS MINE

Located in the Mount Bullion Mining District. Exact location not determined.

LOUISA MINE (#1)

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.

LOUISA MINE (#2)

One of many gold mines in the Jerseydale Mining District. Actual location not determined.

LOUISE MINE

Probably the same as one of the Louisa mines above. (GBS)

LOUISIANA MINE

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.

LOVELY ROGERS MINE

…SEE Cherokee Mine

LOWER AGUA FRIA

...SEE individual listing for Agua Fria.

LUCKY BOY MINE

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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