The Beebe East Lode, Brooklyn, Iowa, Woodside Eureka is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California.
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Beebe East Lode, Brooklyn, Iowa, Woodside Eureka MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beebe East Lode, Brooklyn, Iowa, Woodside Eureka
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Woodside-Eureka Mining Co., Ltd.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Workings): THREE SHAFTS UP TO 700 FT. DEEP WITH 6 LEVELS, DRIFTS, WINZE BT. 500-FT. AND 700-FT. LEVELS.
Comment (Production): EUREKA CLAIM WORKED IN EARLY GOLD RUSH DAYS AND AT LATER INTERVALS UNTIL 1908. BEEBE CLAIM FIRST PROSPECTED IN 1917. FROM 1932-39 PROPERTY PRODUCED $1,200,465 FROM 306,341 TONS OF ORE. AFTER 1939 ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD PRODUCED FROM CLEANUP OPERATIONS.
Comment (Deposit): MINE IS A CONSOLIDATION OF A NUMBER OF CLAIMS AND WAS ONCE ONE OF THE LARGER SOURCES OF GOLD IN THE COUNTY. WORKINGS ARE SHOWN IN NW COR. SEC. 11 ON USGS QUAD. GEORGETOWN, CALIF., 1950. LOCATION OF THE CLAIMS IS SHOWN ON PL. II, CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 34, NO. 3 - APPARENTLY 2 SEPARATE GROUPS PER LOCS. SHOWN ON 21 DOM BULL. 108
References
Reference (Deposit): FOLIO 3
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, PP. 406-8, 486
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