Fifteen years ago I ran a series of articles on the mines of El Dorado County in the Placerville “Mountain Democrat.” Since then a number of people requested that the series be updated and rerun, often to find a name…
Category: Mines of El Dorado County
Mines of El Dorado County: “A”
The Adams Gulch mine (also Stony Point or Sullivan mine) was located on a portion of the Mother Lode, two miles northeast of the early town of Nashville (on Highway 49) and just a few miles from the present Amador…
Mines of El Dorado County: “B” (Part 1)
The Badger Hill mine, located seven miles east of Placerville, was a placer mine, working an ancient channel of the American River. It was mined by drifting and then sluicing the gold-bearing gravel. Three miles south of Balderson Station, near…
Mines of El Dorado County: “B” (Part 2)
The Black Oak (Clark, Davey, Dayton Consolidated) was one of the richest lode gold mines in El Dorado County. Located south of Black Oak Mine Road near the town of Garden Valley, it was originally worked as a pocket gold…