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PART OF THE MARIPOSA COUNTY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY WEBSITE
- VISIT GARY SPECK's GHOST TOWNS OF MARIPOSA
GOLD QUARTZ MINES From the 1871-1873 Pacific Dirctory
More Mariposa Place Names (see key below) Adelaide and Anderson Mine * Agua Fria/Frio*# Akoz Mine Altons Bar* Anderson Valley# Argo Mine Arkansas Flat*#
Mining Camp 1/2 mile above Carson
Artru Mine
(Pocket)
Owned by H. Artru and consists of a fraction of a claim 450 feet in length and located in
Sec. 27, T.4 ., R. 18 E., M. D. M., 3 1/2 miles by trail from Saxon Creek station on the
Yosemite Valley Railroad and 20 miles by wagon road to Bagby. The ore body is a porphyry
dike said to average 20 feet in width and having slate hanging-wall and footwall. The development
consists of a 75-foot shaft, 450 feet of drifts, 4 crosscut tunnels each about 140 feet long and
several small raises. there is a cabin on the claim an a wheelbarrow and drill steel. The gold
obtained is the crystallized variety. The mine has been shut down for two years.
Mines and Mineral Resources for the Counties of Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced,
San Joaquin, and Stanislaus, pub. 1915
Artru Quartz Mine
Owned by H Artru, and consists of a fraction of a claim , 450 feet long, located in
section 27, T. 4 S., R. 18 E., M.D.M., in the Colorado district. It is 3 1/2 miles
by trail from Saxon Creek Station on the Yosemite Valley Railroad, and about 6 miles
by wagon road from Mariposa. The elevation is 2700 feet, very little timber, no water
in the summer, and fairly rough county. The ore body is a porphyry dike averageing
20 feet in width, between slate handing wall and footwall. It strikes NW and SE and
dips about 70 degrees SW. The gold occurs in pockets and is, in part, crystallized.
The mine has not been worked for the past seven or eight years. Development consists
of a 75-foot shaft, 450 feet of drift, four crosscut tunnels each about 1`40 feet long
and several raises.
from Report of the State Minerologist, By California State Mining Bureau, pub 1921 Ashworth Ranch+ Australia Gulch+
(Mormon Bar) Ave Maria* Badger Mine* Bagby* (originally Reedleys Ferry- then became Benton Mills)
Baldwin*
Bandarita Mine*
Bandareta*
old name for Coulterville
Banderate (Little Flay)#
Barret (D)
locality, 6.5 miles south-southwest of Penon Blanco Peak on the west side of Lake McClure. Named on Penon
Blanco Peak (1962) 7. 5' quadrangle. Merced Flls (1944) 15' quadrangle shos the place situated along
Yosemite Valley Railroad. In 1926 water of Lake McClure covered the site of a community called Barrett.
(Sargent, Shirely, 1976, p.27).
Barret's Ferry#
Barrett City*
Bathtub Spring (D)
(spring- 3.5 miles east of Santa Cruz Mountain- Named on Indian Gulch (1962) 7.5' guadrangle)
Baxter (D)
(5 Miles south-west of Coulterville. P O established in 1890 and discontinued in 1907)
Bear Creek*
Bear Valley *
Ben Hur
(The Quick Ranch)
Bellyache Canyon (D)
(canyon, drained by a stream that flows 1 mile to Cavallada Creek 4,25 miles north-northeast of
the settlement of Catheys Valley
Named on Catheys Valley (1962) 7.5' quadrangle. On Indian Gulch (1920) 15' quadrangle,
the name applies to a canyon siuated
1 to 2 miles farther southeast. United Stated Board of Geographic Names (1964a. p.8)
rejected the names "Billy Ache Canyon" and "William Aches Canyon" for the feature,
but noted that the name "Bellache: reportedly is derived from Billy Aike, or Ache,
who was an early resident of the neighborhood)
Benton Mills# (later known as Bagby)
Big Grizzly Flat#
Big Springs+
Billy Hall's Mt#
Black Bart Mine*#
Blue Moon Mine
Bob McKee Mine
Bond's Flat#
Bondsville
Bone Yard#
ealry mining camp 3 miles N of Coulterville on Priest Rd.
Bondurant*
Bondville*
Bonell Gulch#
Bootjack
Mining Camp east of Mormon Bar
Breakneck#
Bridgeport*
Broadhead#
Buckeye#
Mining Camp and trading post to the west of Mormon Bar
Buckeye District*
Buckhalter#
Buena Vista Mine*
(see Bush)
Formerly owned by L.F.W. Busch of Mariposa, now owned by Mrs. L.C. Brice. Located
in section 21, T. 4 S., R. 18 E., M.D.M., in the Colorado district about 7 miles north
of Mariposa. No equipment, and has not been worked for some time.
from Report of the State minerologist, By California State Mining Bureau, pub 1921
Buffallo Gulch*
Bull Creek+
Bull Dog Quartz Claim
Consits of one claim owned by Theodore Kokel of Lyons Gulch and situated
in Sec. 31, T.4 S., R. 18 E., M. D. M., 25 miles from Bagby on Yosemite
Valley Railroad. The vein of quartz varies from 2 to 4 feet in width and
lies between porphyry walls. Only assessment work is done each year and
there is only a windlass on the property.
from Mines and Mineral Resources for the Counties of Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced,
San Joaquin, and Stanislaus, pub. 1915
Bullion Knob*
Bunker Hill#
Bunker Hill Quartz Claim
Owned by Charlie Lewis of Hites Cove. The claim is located near Hites Cove and is said to have
had the first quartz in the State in 1851. The claim is still unpatented and has had considerable
development work done on it. The mine was discovered from Quartz brought to the surface in
a squirrel hole and was formerly called the Squirrel Mine. Still held by possessory rights.
from Mines and Mineral Resources for the Counties of Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced,
San Joaquin, and Stanislaus, pub. 1915
Burns:Camp*, Creek*, Diggings*, Ranch*
Bush Qiartz Mine
Three unpatened claims owned by L.F.W. Busch of Mariposa, located in
Sec. 21, T. 4S., R. 18 E., M. D. M., 4/13 miles south of Briceburg and 22 miles
from Bagby by wagon road. The vein is 16 feet wide at the surface and 9 feet wide in
the bottom of the shaft, and the walls are slate. The development consists of a 180 foot shaft,
140 feet of drifting, one winze, length unknown, and one crosscut 67 feet lont. There is
a blacksmith shop and hoisting shed, also windless is the way of equipments.
Only assessment work is being done.
from Mines and Mineral Resources for the Counties of Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced,
San Joaquin, and Stanislaus, pub. 1915
Buzzard Roost mine (TOPO)
Canty Meadow (D)
Three Miles South-Southwest of El Portal
Cape Horn#
Carew's Flat#
Caribou#
Carson Creek*#
Carsons or Carson*
Catheys Valley*
Cat Town*#
Cauty's Flat#
Chamisal *
Champion Quartz Mine*
Consists of one unpatened claim owned by G E Dunbar of Mariposa, and
located in Sec.27, T.4S., R. 18 E., M.D.M., 22 1/2 miles by wagon
from Bagby. The quartz vein averages 4 feet wide and has porphyry footwall
and slate hanging-wall. Development consists of a shaft 9 feet deep,
188 feet of drifts, 3 levels and an air shaft 60 feet to surface. No equipment
remains on the property. Only assessment work is done.
rom Mines and Mineral Resources for the Counties of Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced,
San Joaquin, and Stanislaus, pub. 1915
Cherokee Mine*
Chicken Gulch#
Chile Gulch#
Chispa Gulch#
Chuchilla Diggings*
Clark's Station#
Clayton Place#
Clearinghouse*
Coleman Flat (D)
10.5 Miles south-southeast of Mariposa
sec. 3, T 7S,R 19 E) Named on Ben Hur (1947) 7.5' quadrangle
Colorado*# aka Colorow*
Corbet Creek*#
Cornish Town#
Cotton Creek; Cottonville
Coulterville
Cow and Calf Ranch#
Cranberry Mine#
Crown Lead Dam#
Cunningham Rancho
Dan Sullivan Gulch (D)
(canyon, 1.25 miles long, opens into lowlands 8.5 miles southwest of Penon Blanco Peak
near Hawyard
Dark Hole# (D)
locality, 7 miles north of Yosemite village. Named on Hetch Hetchy Reservoir (1956)
It is believed that the place was a state stop (Browning, 1988 p.31)
Date Flat (D)
(area, 3 mis northeast of Buckhorn Peak. Namend on Buckhorn Peak (1947) 7.5' quadrangle
Daugherty's Flat#
Davis Gulch#
Deer Flat#
Dietz Flat#
Diltz Mine
Dogtown*#
Drunken Gulch*#
Dublin House#
Dutch Creek*
Dutch Ranche*
Eagle's Creek#
Early Mine*
Elkhorn#
El Oso(The Bear)#
Exchequer*
49'ers Gap#
Farmers Hope*
Feliciana Creek
Fly-away*#
Ft. Monroe#
Ft. Treluner#
Fremont Estate
Fremont Spring#
French Camp*#
Frenchmans Bar*
French Mine*#
Geary Quartz Mine *
Consists of one claim, unpateneted, owned by Mrs. Potter and located in
Sec. 30, T. 4 S.,R. 18 E., M. D. M., 25 1/2 miles by wagon road from
Bagby. The vein averages 3 feet wide and has a slate footwall and
porphyry hanging-wall. The development consists of an incline shaft
100 feet deep and 325 feet of drifting. There is no equipment on the
property and the mine is idle.
om Mines and Mineral Resources for the Counties of Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced,
San Joaquin, and Stanislaus, pub. 1915
Gentry Gulch*
Goat Ranch#
Godeys Gulch
Goff Station
Gold Bug Mine*
Gold Hill*
Good's Gulch#
Granite King Mine (Dick Estel)
Granite Springs District*
Grassy Flat#
Greaser Gulch* (D)
canyon, drained by a stream that flows 4.5 miles to Burns Creek. 1.25 miles east of Courthouse Rock
Named on Haystack Mountain (1962) and Indian Gulch (1962) 5.7' quadrangles
Greeley Hill District*#
Greeley's Mill+
Green Gulch*#
Guadalupe#
Guadalupe Hardisons Camp
Guest Quartz Mine
Consists of one claim on upatented farm land and is owned by J. W. Guest, located
in Sec. 35, T. 4 S., R. 16 E.,M.D.M. The vein is 2 to 8 inches wide in slate walls.
There is a shaft 50 feet deep and the equipment consists of a gas enginge hoist, one ore car,
skip and a pump. Only assessment work is done.
om Mines and Mineral Resources for the Counties of Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced,
San Joaquin, and Stanislaus, pub. 1915
Half Way House#
Halls Gulch#
Happy Jack's#
Hart and Johnson's+
Harveys Bar*
Hasloe Mine*
Haydensville*
Haywards' Flat (Mariposa Gazette article)
Hazel Green#
Herbeck Flat
Hells Hollow*#
Hempstead*
Hennesseys Ranch#
Henry Critter's Flat#
High State Bar*
Highway 140-Downtown ca 1940
Hites Cove*#
Hobron Saw Mill#
(eight miles above Coulterville)
Hornitos*
Horeshoe Bend*#
Hunter Valley*
Indian Flat
Indian Gulch*#
Jenkins Flat#
Jenny Lind Mine
Jerseydale*
Jim Malone's+
Jim Allen Flat
Johnson Flat*
Johnsonville*
Jones Flat*
Juniper Mine#
Keen's Ranch+
Kingsley*
King Solomon Mine*
Kinsley*
Lion's Gulch#
Little Mill#
Logtown*
Long Canyon*
Louisa Mine*
Lovely Rogers Quartz Mine
COnsists of one patened claim and one unpatened claim owned by Shimer Brothers of
Coulterville and located in Sec. 11, T. 3 S., R. 17 E., M.D.M., 16 miles by road from
Bagby. the newin is 2 feet wide in slate walls. The development consists of a 100-foot shaft
and 3 adit levels, 400, 300, and 250 feet long, respectively; also a 70-foot crosscut and a
winze 80 feet deep. There is one stope 200 feet long and 80 feet high. There is no equipment.
Only develpment work is being done.
om Mines and Mineral Resources for the Counties of Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced,
San Joaquin, and Stanislaus, pub. 1915
Magoon's Ranch+
Malay Ranch#
Malvina Mines*
Mammoth Bar*
Manita (Little Mine)#
Marble Springs*
Mariposa Creek, City
Mariposa Grant*
Mariposita*
Mary Harrison Group*
Matsells Creek*
Maxwell Creek*
May Rock#
McCabe's Flat#
McFarlin Mine#
Mebold Quartz Mines
Consists of one unpatened claim owned by Fred Mebold of Jerseydale and
located on Sweetwater Creek, northwest of the Sweetwater mine. It has a 50-foot crosscut tunnel
and a few feet of drifts. The vein is 2 feet wide and in granite walls. Not working a present.
om Mines and Mineral Resources for the Counties of Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced,
San Joaquin, and Stanislaus, pub. 1915
Merced River Diggings
Merrill's Mill(by Dick Estel)
Mexican Mine*#
Missouri Flat#
Missouri Gulch
Mockingbird Mine
Mono#
Mono Camp*
Mormon Bar
Morning Star#
Morse (D)
(locality, 3.25 miles west-northwest of Mariposa along Yosemite Valley Railroad. Named on Merced Falls
(1944) 15' quadrangle
Mountain King Mine
Mount Buckingham
Mount Bullion
Mount Gaines*
Mount Gaines Mine*#
Mount Ophir*#
Myler's Bridge+
Ned's Gulch#
Neals Ranch*
New Diggins Ranch*
New Mexican Camp*
New Years Diggins*+
North Fork*
Norwegian:Tent*, Gulch*
Number Nine Mine*#
Oakes and Resse Mine*
Oakland*
Oak Spring House#
Ophir*
Original Mine*
Oro Chino#
Oro Rico Mine*
Ortega Mine*
Oso Mine#
Paddy's Flat#
Payne's Flat#
Parker Mountain#
Pea Ridge+
Peregory's Inn#
Phillip's Flat#
Pine Tree#
Pino Blanco*
Pittsburgh Landing#
Pleasant Valley*
Plum Bar#
Potose Mine*
Poverty Flat*
Princeton*+
Old Chemisaul#
Old Womans Gulch#
Quail Mine*
Quartzburg*
Queens Specimen#
Ranch Gulch*
Rancherio Flat#
Red Banks#
Red Bank Mine*
Red Cloud Mine*
Reed's Flat#
Ridleys Ferry*
Roma Mine*
Ross (?) Mine#
Rum Hollow*
Rutherford Flat#
Ruth Pierce Mine*
Sakaya
A former unidentified village situated a little w of Sentinel Rock, YosemiteValley
Handbook of American Indians V2 , p.414 , by Frederick Webb
Sam Hogan's Ranch+
Santa Cruz Mountain*
Sauerkraut#
Savage Trading Post#
Saxton Creek*
Schroeder Group*
Sexton Creek*
Schroeder Group*
Sheehan's Ranch+
Sheperd's Point#
Sherlock Flat#
Sherlock;Creek*#, Gulch*, Diggings*
Siegal Flat#
Sierra Rica Mine*
Simpsonville*
Skelton's Ranch+
Smiths:Flat*, Ferry*
Snider's Saw Mill#
Snedeger Place#
Snow Creek*
Snyder's+
Solomons Gulch*#
Split Rock#
Split Rock Ferry*
Spread Eagle Mine*
Starr (CG)
(locality, , 5.25 miles north-northwest of Hornitos along Yosemite Valley Railroad.
Named on Merced Falls (1944) 15' quadrangle
Stizel's Garden#
Stockton Creek
Stonehouse (C G)
locality, nearly 2 miles south of the settlement of Catheys Valley. Named on Catheys Valley (1962)
7.5' quadrangle
Stud Horse Flat*#
Summervale (Election Database)
Sweetwater*
Tarantula Flat#
Telegraph Mt#
Termperance Creek*
Texana*
Texas Gulch*
Texas Hill*
The Diamond Drill#
The Old English Trail#
The Sleeping Place#
The Winner Mine#
Toledo Gulch*
Tom Slattery's Toll House#
Trabucco's Garden#
Tulitos*
Mariposa Gazette Centennial Edition- 1954
TULITOS- Tulitos, one of the earliest gold camps in Mariposa County, was
located between Indian Gulch and Hornitos. It has long vanished and is
said to have been occupied by "Manila men". It is surprising that the
Filipinos found their way so early across the sea, and it is though they
possibly had come from chile. The "Manila men "worked only to exist and
spent most of their time training their game roosters, to carry on
fights with the nearby Mexicans.
Turner Mine#
Tyro Mine*
Upper Agua Fria*
USONA
Vallecita(now known as Catheys Valley)
Valley House#
Valley View#
Virginia Mine*
Washington Flat*#
Washington Mine*#
Webb Station
Whiskey Flat*#
6 miles east of the village of Bear Valley along Sherlock Creek (D)
White and Hatch's+
White's Gulch#
White Prophyry Mine*
Whitlock*+
Yaki Gulch+
(Yaqui Gulch)
Yellowstone#
Yo Semite+
Mariposa Gazette
Name
Contest, 1928 #
Mariposa 1872 and 1877
Tax Deliquent Lists (IN PROGRESS)
Mariposa Great
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1872+
California TOPO
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California Gold County-
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