The Pitts Old Bader, Mowry and Newman is a gold mine located in Butte county, California.
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Mine Info
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Pitts Old Bader, Mowry and Newman MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pitts Old Bader, Mowry and Newman
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Butte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mowry And Newman
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Production): SAID TO HAVE MADE A PRODUCTION VARIOUSLY STATED AT FROM $75,000 TO $200,000, BUT NO DEFINITE RECORDS. EUREKA CONS. MINE WAS OPENED IN 1884 IN SEC. 2. CR. WAS KNOWN THEN. PRODUCED $30,000 AU 1884-1888. (PROF. PAPER 73, P. 91). BADGER WORKED SEC. 1 AT 1 1/2 MI. SW OF MAGALIA. HYDRAULIC ABOUT 1905-30. A 1000' TUNNEL (COM 15TH REP'T. P. 198)
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. OF MINES: J. VOL. 45 #3, P. 450, R. 26 PP. 403-404
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