Golden Fleece Tunnel (California)
Coordinates: 39°11′09″N 120°37′02″W / 39.185735°N 120.617152°W The Golden Fleece Tunnel, is a gold mining site in the Westville gold mining district in Placer County, California.[1] [2] The mine is located 2 miles northeast of the former mining town Westville, California, north to the Foresthill Divide Road. It has a 3,000 ft (910 m) tunnel and was operated successfully by the Golden Fleece Mining and Milling Company (New York).[3] [4] The mine is no longer in operation. Other nearby mines are the Hogsback Tunnel and the Union Tunnel.
Other Golden Fleece mines include:
- Golden Fleece Mine (Colorado).
- Golden Fleece Mine, San Bernardino County, California, near Essex, is a mining site with several tunnels and a central mill, not in production anymore 34°37′29″N 115°10′20″W / 34.6248°N 115.1721°W.
References
- ↑ Logon, C. A. (1936). Gold mines of Placer County, Placer Mines. pp. 49–96. California Division of Mines Report 32.
- ↑ Clark, William B. (1970). Gold districts of California. pp. 130. Sacramento, California: California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletion no. 193.
- ↑ G. Spaulding & Co. (1885). Gold mines and mining in California : a new gold era dawning on the state. pp. 270–271.
- ↑ House documents, otherwise publ. as Executive documents: 13th congress, 2d session-49th congress, 1st session, United States congressional serial set, 1832, p. 128.
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