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Locations beginning with R
Location
not determined.
…SEE
Way
Stations
This 1850s era gold mining camp was located
six miles from Mariposa. Actual location
not determined.
This former Yosemite Valley Railroad
station/construction camp was also the site of Barium mining operations. In 1975 it was the site of housing for
employees of
Probably
not a ghost. GBS
One of several dozen mines located in the Sherlock-Whitlock
area. Actual location not determined,
but it was in the Whitlock
Mining District.
This old gold mine was
located in the Bagby Mining District west of SH 49, between the road
and the Merced River, at a point about two miles northwest of Bagby. It was in
intermittent operation from the 1860s-1960s, producing over $100,000 in gold.
This
mine was located about 3.5 miles east of Greeley Hill on the north side of the
The Red Cloud Mine listed in the Greeley Hill Mining District
was probably in this small mining district. (GBS) It was in the Greeley
Hill Mining District, which is part of the larger Kinsley
Mining District.
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
This gold mine was located in the Kinsley
Mining District. Actual location
not determined.
REESE MINE
…SEE
Oakes
& Reese Mine.
...SEE Schroeder
Mine.
…also SEE the
Whitlock
Mining District for a list of the mines in that mining district.
This gold mine was located in the Cathey Mining District. It was in operation from the 1850s through
the 1930s. Actual location not
determined.
…SEE
Emory
From the summer of 1850-1852, Thomas E. RIDLEY owned and operated a ferry along
the
Location
not determined.
ROAD HOUSES
…SEE
Way
Stations
…SEE
Cherokee
Mine.
In 1885, a Mr. ADAMS and CARTER owned this gold mine at an
undetermined location.
…SEE
Piedra de Goza Mine
ROMA MINE (#2)
One of several mines in
the Jerseydale Mining District. Actual location not determined. May be the
same as #1 above? (GBS)
Located in the Saxton
Creek area of the Whitlock
Mining District.
Actual location not determined.
A name mentioned by COOK in
passing with other interesting names. No
location is listed.
In California
Gold Camps, GUDDE gives the location
of this place as “Four and a half miles from Hornitos.” Actual location not determined.
Located
south of Hornitos Road, four miles east-southeast of Hornitos and 1.8 miles
west of Corbet Creek. Total production reached between $600,000 – 800,000. Part of the Hornitos
Mining District.
…SEE
Rutherford & Cranberry Mine below
…SEE Clearinghouse
Mining District for a list of mines in that mining
district.
RUTHERFORD &
CRANBERRY MINE
In
the Clearinghouse
Mining District. Appears to be the consolidation of two mines. Actual location not determined.
In 1864, this gold-quartz mill operated
along the “Middle Fork” (Main branch?) of the Merced River about two miles
above Green’s Store, which was possibly located at or near the confluence of
the South Fork with the main
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