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The Cerro Gordo Mines are a collection of abandoned mines located in Cerro Gordo in the Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, near Lone Pine, California. Mining operations spanned 1866 to 1957, producing high grade silver , lead , and zinc ore; and, more rarely, gold ore and copper ore . [ 1 ]
Eagle Mountain is a ghost town in the California desert in Riverside County founded in 1948 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser.The town is located at the entrance of the now-defunct Eagle Mountain iron mine, once owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad, then Kaiser Steel, and located on the southeastern corner of Joshua Tree National Park.
A pioneering, fur trapper and trader from Tennessee named Ewing Young (1799–1841) found physical evidence of early mining activity in southern California in the form of abandoned smelter ovens. His party made this discovery in October 1832 which was during the latter part of the Californian mission era (1769–1836).
Abandoned Abandoned due to not being able to compete with nearby Julian: Calico: San Bernardino: 1881 1907 Abandoned [8] Abandoned due to an end to borax mining in the region Camanche: Clay's Bar: Calaveras
This list of mines in California is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the U.S. state of California. It is ...
In 1866, local businessman Victor Beaudry had opened a store, as well as acquiring several mining claims, including partial interest to the lucrative Union Mine. By 1869, Cerro Gordo was the largest producer of silver and lead in the nation; teams of mules would travel between Cerro Gordo and Los Angeles, California.
A gold mine could reopen in the Sierra Nevada. Environmentalists fear air pollution, empty wells and toxic waste. A California gold mine's toxic legacy: Inside the fight over reopening a treasure ...
The Desert Queen Mine in the California Desert was one of the more long-lived gold mines of Southern California's high desert region.The abandoned mine is located in Riverside County, California within the boundaries of the Joshua Tree National Park and is included on the National Register of Historic Places.