The Staples and Co. mine was a 60 acre placer gold mine one and one-half miles northwest of Fair Play on Perry Creek. The Starbuck mine was a placer gold (not coffee) mine two miles northwest of Rescue. A deposit…
Month: May 2012
Mines of El Dorado County: “T”
The Table Rock mine was a placer gold mine consisting of 11.27 acres on the north side of the South Fork of the American River, two miles north of Placerville on the south side of Rock Creek Road. There were…
Mines of El Dorado County: “U” – “V”
The somewhat mysterious Umatilla mine, which was owned by C.J. Gardner in 1898, was a placer gold, drift mine listed in most publications as being 12 miles northeast of Plymouth (Amador County). That puts it close to the town of…
Mines of El Dorado County: “W” – “Z”
The W. N. Skinner mining claims were both for placer gold and were located one-half mile west of Shingle Springs. One was 80 acres in size, the other 20 acres. The W. W. mine was a placer gold, drift mine…