The Fair Play (California Mohawk) mine was a placer gold, drift mine just to the east of the town of Fair Play, which is located in the southern part of El Dorado County. When it was active is unknown, however,…
Mines of El Dorado County: “G” (Part 1)
The Gabriel Tunzi claim was a placer claim on 80 acres two and one-half miles southeast of Placerville. The Gaddis Creek placer mine consisted of 160 acres of land on Gaddis Creek, a tributary of Slab Creek. It was near…
Mines of El Dorado County: “G” (Part 2)
The Golden Trace (Bullard) mine was a lode gold mine located two and one-half miles north of Grizzly Flat by the North Fork of the Cosumnes River. Active prior to 1896, it consisted of a two to three foot vein…
Mines of El Dorado County: “H”
The Hall Consolidated was a lode gold mine on 17.56 acres just north of Placerville. The Halleck mine was a lode gold mine on the Mother Lode just north of Placerville. The interestingly named Hamburger mine was a lode gold…
Mines of El Dorado County: “I”
The Ibid mine was a lode gold mine on 19.43 acres one and one-half miles southwest of Grizzly Flat. Three miles south of the townsite of El Dorado was a long idle lode gold mine known as the Idaho mine.…
Mines of El Dorado County: “J” – “K”
The J. A. Mendes mine was a 48.68 acre placer mine one and one-half miles south of cool and west of Highway 49. The Jacob C. Baughman mine was a 27.85 acre placer claim one mile south of Omo Ranch.…