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Argonaut Mining Company: 1893–1942 registered as California Historical Landmark #786. Golden Fleece Tunnel: Westville: Golden Fleece Mining & Milling Co. Iron Mountain Mine: Redding: Kennedy Mine: Jackson: 1886–1942 South of Sutter Gold Mine Locarno Mine
The Mesquite Mine, operated by Equinox Gold, is located near Glamis, Imperial County, California It is one of the largest gold mines in the United States . History
The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California". [3] Between 1850 and its closure in 1956, the Empire Mine produced 5.8 million ounces (165 tons) of gold, extracted from 367 miles (591 km) of underground passages. [4]
Gold mines in California (25 P) Pages in category "Mines in California" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
In the most complex placer mining, groups of prospectors would divert the water from an entire river into a sluice alongside the river, and then dig for gold in the newly exposed river bottom. [15] Modern estimates by the U.S. Geological Survey are that some 12 million ounces [ 16 ] (370 t ) of gold were removed in the first five years of the ...
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A gold mine could reopen in the Sierra Nevada. Environmentalists fear air pollution, empty wells and toxic waste.
The Yuba Goldfields, also known as the Hammonton dredge field, is the largest gold dredge field in California. Located along the Yuba River approximately 6–12 miles (10–20 km) upstream of the town of Marysville, in Yuba County, the Hammonton dredge field was actively dredged for gold from 1904 [1] to 1968. [2]