Copyright © 2004 by
Ana Minerva Bonilla
Updated:
3/30/05 11:52
The
Weekend Miner
(http://theweekendminer.com)
SUMMARY
DOCUMENT 12-1
IMPERIAL
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, USA
Page
5 from Silver Shaft Mine to Zimmer Prospect(s)
USA-California-Imperial
County
Gold
was allegedly found in the Cargo Muchacho Mountains, in Imperial County as early
as 1775 but very little hard evidence has been found to support this. Without
such, Imperial's claim to being the site of the first California gold strike
must be relinquished to Francisco Lopez's strike on March 9, 1842. Lopez found
gold in Placerita Canyon in Los Angeles County, east of Newhall. In November
the first California gold sale was recorded at the Philadelphia Mint. Estimates
of total gold production of Imperial County are in the range of 235,000 Troy
ounces.
USA-California-Imperial
County - Mines
Silver
Shaft Mines
Simpson
Sinclair
No. 3
Singer
Mucho Labor Prospect
Six
& One-Half Mile Pit
Snow
White Deposit
Southern
Pacific
(Manganese)
Southern
Pacific Deposit
Southern
Star Groups
(Zinc)
Sovereign
Mine
(Gold)
Sportsman
No. 1
Standard
Canal Pit
Standard
Pit
Stone
Face Prospect (a.k.a. Stoneface Prospect)
(Gold)
Stone
Quarry
Stuart
Graphite Prospect
Sunshine
Placer Gypsum
Superstition
Mountain Feldspar Deposit
Swallow
and South Pole Placers
Sweet
Potatoes Mine (a.k.a. Sweet Potato)
(Gold)
Tadpole
Mine (Manganese)
Tee-Wee
Mine
(Gold & Copper)
Tenn-Cal
Group
Telluride
Mine
(Gold)
Thedford
Prospect #1
Thedford
Prospect #2
Three
C Mine
(Gold)
Thumb
Peak Manganese
Tierra
Pit
Tierra
Rica Mine
(Gold)
Tio
Rico
Tolbard
Mine
(Manganese)
Tract
72 Gypsum Deposit
Tranchardis
Claim
Tres
Amigos Mine
(Manganese)
Trio
Mine
(Gold)
Truckhaven
Mineral Pit
True
Friend (a.k.a. True Friend and Silver Moon)
(Silver & Manganese).
Tumco
Mine
(Gold)
Tumco
Mining District
(Gold)
Turtle
Prospect
(Manganese)
Twin
Buttes Agate Field (a.k.a. Double Buttes and The Thumbs)
(Mineral Samples)
Two
Unidentified Prospects
Two-Wee
Mine
U.S.Gypsum
Company Deposit A
U.S.Gypsum
Company Deposit C
Valley
Sand and Gravel Deposit .
Valley
Transit Company Inc
Venus
Mine
(Gold)
Virginia
Dare Mine
(Manganese)
Vista
Mine
(Gold)
Vitrafax
Mine
(Gold)
Vitrefrax
Hill
Volunteer
Group of Claims
(Copper)
W.
H. Waters Claim
Wallace
Prospect(s)
Wallace-Spencer
Mine
War
Eagle Mine
(Manganese)
War
Manganese Mine
(Manganese)
Waters
Limestone Deposit
Weaver
Deposit
Wedge
Deposit
Wednesday
Deposit
Well
Earned Prospect
(Manganese)
Western
Non-Metallic Mine
Westmoreland
Community Pit
Whedon
Mine
(Manganese)
Wheeler
Pit
Wheeler
Road Pit
White
Cap Mine
(Gold)
White
Christmas Deposit
White
Gold Basin Mine
(Gold)
White
Hope
White
Rock Mine
(Tungsten)
White
Swan
Whitecap
Prospect (a.k.a. Gray Eagle)
(Gold)
Wiley
Well
(Gem Stones & Mineral Samples)
Wixon
Gravel Pit
Wonderstone
Rock Pit
Yellow
Dog Group
Yellow
Dog Mine
Yuha
Basin
(Mineral Samples)
Yuma
Prospect
(Gold)
Zimmer
Prospect(s)