The Coffee Mill Gleason, Golden Gate is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Mine Info
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Coffee Mill Gleason, Golden Gate MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Coffee Mill Gleason, Golden Gate
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: E. N. Van Winkle And E. J. Stocker
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): FIRST ACTIVE 1866 WHEN PRODUCTION WAS 200 CARLOADS PER DAY. 400' INCLINED ADIT DRIVEN 1866; NEW INCLINED ADIT AND MAIN DRIFT DRIVEN 1500' 1880-82; 800' ADIT DRIVEN 1884; 200' VERTICAL SHAFT AND 25' DRIFT 1892. MINE SHUT DOWN BEFORE 1900.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ON THE KRAEMER CHANNEL. PAY STREAK 100' WIDE WAS STRUCK IN 1866. COARSE NUGGETS WERE FOUND IN THE GRAVEL. 6' OF BLUE CEMENTED GRAVEL TAPPED IN 1892.
References
Reference (Deposit): V. 32, NO. 3, P. 358
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 87, 194, AND PL. C
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