Mining Statistics — California Geological Survey
19th-century mining statistics from the California Geological Survey — production data for Mother Lode districts, Comstock-era mines
Overview
Mining Statistics — California Geological Survey is an 1885 state geological survey report by California Geological Survey, preserved in the Mountain Man Mining research library. 19th-century mining statistics from the California Geological Survey — production data for Mother Lode districts, Comstock-era mines…
This 1885 document, Mining Statistics — California Geological Survey, is preserved in the Mountain Man Mining Library for research and reference. Original source: archive.org.
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MINING STATISTICS, No. 1.
ttUAETZ MINES AND MILLS BETWEEN THE MERCED AND STANISLAUS RIVERS.
. Geological Survey Of California.
J. D. Whitney, State Geologist.
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No. 1.
TABULAR STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE AURIFEROUS QUARTZ MINES AND MILLS
In That Pakt Of Makiposa And Tuolumne Counties Lying
Between The Merced And Stanislaus Eivers,
August— November, 1865.
Published By Authority Of The Legislature Of California.
April, 1866.
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NOTE. — The following tabular statement contains the results of an examination of seventy-seven gold mines and sixty-five quartz mills, situated in the region between the Merced and Stanislaus Kivers, all of which were visited by Mr. Kemond during the months of August to November, 1865. Of the seventy-seven mines, fiftysix were being worked at that time ; and of the sixty-five mills, twenty-three were running. The mines are distributed through the different kinds of rocks as follows :
In Granite 23
In Mica Slate 23
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Prospector’s Notes
Context and takeaways added by the Mountain Man Mining team to help you use this document.
- This survey documents auriferous quartz (lode) mines between the Merced and Stanislaus rivers — the heart of the Mother Lode, where gold occurs in gold-quartz veins along the Sierra Nevada foothills.
- Whitney-era California Geological Survey statistics are prized primary sources for locating historical mines, mills, and productive districts that still guide prospectors today.
- Nineteenth-century production figures indicate where gold was once found, not what remains; any modern interest must be checked against current claim and land status with the BLM.