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265. Chili Gulch (also spelled Chile Gulch) is a gulch in Calaveras County, California. This five-mile gulch was the richest placer mining section in Calaveras County. It received its name from Chileans who worked it in 1848 and 1849, and was the scene of the so-called Chilean War. The largest known quartz crystals were recovered from a mine on ...
Calaveras County. Elevation. [1] 1,903 ft (580 m) Rich Gulch (formerly, Pleasant Springs [2]) is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California, 5 miles (8.0 km) east-northeast of Mokelumne Hill. [2] It lies at an elevation of 1903 feet (580 m). Rich Gulch was the seat of Calaveras County at one time, and at its 1850s peak was a ...
Moaning Cave from the bottom of the shaft. Moaning Caverns is a solutional cave located in the Calaveras County, California, near Vallecito, California in the heart of the state's Gold Country. It is developed in marble of the Calaveras Formation. It was discovered in modern times by gold miners in 1851, but it has long been known as an ...
Murphys, California. [1] Murphys, originally Murphys New Diggings then Murphy's Camp, is an unincorporated village located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 2,213 at the 2010 census, up from 2,061 at the 2000 census. A former gold mining settlement, the main street ...
Carson Hill (also, Carson Flat and Melones[2] and Slumgullion) is a ghost town in Calaveras County, California. It sits at an elevation of 1447 feet (441 m) above sea level and is located at 38°01′42″N 120°30′24″W, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southeast of Angels Camp. It was one of the most productive mining camps in the state, with ...
Angels Camp. Also on the NRHP list as NPS-72000220. Big Bar (Amador County, California) 41. Big Bar (Amador County, California) 38°18′43″N 120°43′12″W. / 38.311944°N 120.72°W / 38.311944; -120.72 ( Big Bar (Amador County, California)) Jackson. Big Bar mine is in both Calaveras County and Amador County.
Calaveras County, California. Calaveras County (/ ˌkæləˈvɛrəs / ⓘ), officially the County of Calaveras, is a county in both the Gold Country and High Sierra regions of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,292. [5] The county seat is San Andreas. [6] Angels Camp is the county's only incorporated city.
Calaverite, or gold telluride, is an uncommon telluride of gold, a metallic mineral with the chemical formula AuTe 2, with approximately 3% of the gold replaced by silver. It was first discovered in Calaveras County, California in 1861, and was named for the county in 1868. The mineral often has a metallic luster, and its color may range from a ...