The Lady Belle is a gold mine located in Kern county, California.
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Lady Belle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lady Belle
Secondary: Claims: Lady Belle and Boston Belle
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Cove Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY WORKED SINCE 1861. SHAFT WITH 4 LEVELS, SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS AND 3 STOPES, EACH 200 FT LONG.
Comment (Deposit): LADY BELLE PATENTED IN 1884. LATER BECAME PAT OF BIG BLUE M INE HOLDINGS. SEE THAT RECORD FOR ADDITIONAL DATA.
Comment (Production): ONE RUN OF 1500 TONS GAVE $40/TON ON THE PLATES.
Comment (Development): PROPERTY AT ONE TIME SUPPORTED A NUMBER OF LEASERS AS THE ORE WAS HIGH GRADE AND EASILY MINED. TOTAL COST OF MINING AND MILLING IN 1914 WAS $5/TON.
Comment (Deposit): LADE BELLE VEIN 3 FT THIICK. ORE SHOOT 250 FT LONG, 3 FT THICK.
References
Reference (Production): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 501.
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