GEOLOGY OF WEST COAST RECION OF UNITED STATES 



II. Principal Gold Mines of Trinity and Neighboring 



Counties: 



1. Gladstone Mine, situated near French Gulch, reached 



by stage from Redding. 



2. La Grange Hydraulic Mine, near Weaverville, reached 



by stage from Redding. 



3. Globe Consolidated, near Dederick, reached by auto- 



mobile from Weaverville. 



III. Grass Valley District: 



Grass Valley is reached by Narrow Gauge Railway from Col- 

 fax, which is located on the main line of the Southern 

 Pacific between Sacramento and Reno. 



1. The principal mines at Grass Valley are the Empire, 



North Star, Pennsylvania, Brunswick, and Golden 

 Center. These are all within walking distance of 

 the Grass Valley hotels. 



2. The Champion Mine is located near Nevada City and 



may be reached by interurban from Grass Valley. 



3. The Plumbago and Tightner mines are located at Al- 



leghany, which may be reached by stage from Grass 

 Valley, except during the winter months. 



IV. Mother Lode District: 



It would probably be best for the visitor to the Mother Lode 

 District to go to Jackson, California, and make this tem- 

 porary headquarters from which he could visit the mines 

 lying between Plymouth and Angels Camp, for there are 

 plenty of stage lines and numerous opportunities for 

 livery and automobile hire. 



1. The following mines are within driving distance, say 



twelve miles of Jackson: Plymouth (at Plymouth), 

 Fremont, Treasure, Bunker Hill, Original Amador, 

 Keystone (Amador), Central Eureka, South Eureka 

 (Sutter Creek, four miles from Jackson), Kennedy 

 and Argonaut, within one mile of Jackson. 



2. Angels Camp, reached by railway from Stockton via 



Jamestown: Utica and Gold Cliff mines, located 

 near the town. 



3. Jamestown: Harvard Mine is within walking distance 



of the town. 



The Dutch Mine is about six miles out and will have 

 to be reached by livery team or automobile. 



The Eagle Shawmut is some six miles south of James- 

 town and can be reached by livery team or auto- 

 mobile. 



4. The Campo Seco Copper Mines can be reached by 



automobile or livery team from Valley Springs, 

 California. 



5. Melones Mine, located at Melones, California, reached 



by railway from Angels Camp or Jamestown. 



V. Quicksilver Mines: 



1. New Idria, reached by stage from Tres Pinos, near 



Hollister, or from Mendota, on the valley line of 

 the Southern Pacific, or preferably by automobile 

 from Hollister, except in the winter months. This 

 is the largest operating quicksilver mine in Cali- 

 fornia at present. 



2. New Almaden and Guadalupe, near Los Gates, can be 



reached by livery team or automobile from Los 

 Gates or San Jose. 



3. Oceanic Quicksilver Mine, near Cambria, can be reach- 



ed by automobile stage from San Luis Obispo. A 

 daily auto stage meets the south bound Southern 

 Pacific train which arrives at San Luis Obispo about 

 6:30 a. m. 



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