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Mountain King Gold Mine & Mill, 4.3 Air miles Northwest of Copperopolis, Copperopolis, Calaveras County, CA
Location4.3 Air miles Northwest of Copperopolis,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-77
Building/structure dates:
1905 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1936 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1943 subsequent work
Significance: The Mountain King Mill was originally constructed as a stamp mill for processing gold ore, and was in intermittent but fairly continuous use from 1905-1946. It was significantly altered in a number of respects, being modernized and expanded for use not only for gold ore milling, but later for the processing of copper ore. This mill is significant as an example of a typical small gold stamp mill, similar to many others, also now gone, in the Mother Lode gold belt of California. It is part of the Madam Felix-Hudson Mining District.
Related Names
Womble Brothers
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF MILLING FLOOR WITH HENDY BALL KILL IN FOREGROUND, LOOKING FROM THE WEST,
2. VIEW OF LOWER MILL FLOOR FOUNDATION, SHOWING, LEFT TO RIGHT, EDGE OF MILLING FLOOR, TABLE FLOOR, VANNING FLOOR, LOADING LEVEL, TAILINGS POND IN RIGHT BACKGROUND. VIEW IS LOOKING FROM THE NORTHWEST
3. VIEW, LOOKING SOUTH, SHOWING DOUBLE-DRUM HOIST WORKS JUST EAST OF SHAFT
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