Gold Mine Hidden Along A River Has Numerous Surprises

This old gold mine hidden away along a river is a classic example of the success of some of our mine hunting trips… Many of the mines from the “Gold Rush” era in the Sierras are not marked on any maps or are only partially marked (meaning that one is only given very vague location details or incomplete information). So, we’ll often visit areas that we know are thick with history and just start following likely trails, geological features, descriptions in books, etc. in the hope of coming across something. More often than not, such trips are a success! There was a single adit marked at the location of this mine, for example, but we discovered multiple adits and other features that were not listed. I haven’t been able to track down historical details (yet) on this mine and so I suspect that it operated under another name in the past than what is listed on the maps now. Most historical mines are worked initially, then abandoned, then worked again, then abandoned and so on depending on mineral prices,