Golden Fleece Tunnel (California)
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The Golden Fleece Tunnel, is a gold mining
site in the Westville gold mining district in Placer County, California
. The mine is located 2 miles northeast of the former mining town Westville, California
, north to the Foresthill Divide Road. It has a 3000 ft (914.4 m) tunnel and was operated successfully by the Golden Fleece Mining and Milling Company (New York)
. The mine is no longer in operation. Other nearby mines are the Hogsback Tunnel and the Union Tunnel.
Other Golden Fleece mines include:
Gold mining
Gold mining is the removal of gold from the ground. There are several techniques and processes by which gold may be extracted from the earth.-History:...
site in the Westville gold mining district in Placer County, California
Placer County, California
Placer County is a county located in both the Sacramento Valley and Sierra Nevada regions of the U.S. state of California, in what is known as the Gold Country. It stretches from the suburbs of Sacramento to Lake Tahoe and the Nevada border. Because of the expansion of the Greater Sacramento,...
. The mine is located 2 miles northeast of the former mining town Westville, California
Westville, California
Westville is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California. Westville is located northeast of Foresthill. It lies at an elevation of 5249 feet ....
, north to the Foresthill Divide Road. It has a 3000 ft (914.4 m) tunnel and was operated successfully by the Golden Fleece Mining and Milling Company (New York)
Golden Fleece Mining and Milling Company (New York)
The Golden Fleece Mining and Milling Company , probably already founded in 1879, but incorporated on April 22, 1882 in Tompkins County, New York, with a capital of $1,000,000, was a San Francisco Stock and Exchange traded mining company....
. The mine is no longer in operation. Other nearby mines are the Hogsback Tunnel and the Union Tunnel.
Other Golden Fleece mines include:
- Golden Fleece Mine (Colorado)Golden Fleece Mine (Colorado)The Golden Fleece Mine is a gold mining site in Hinsdale County, Colorado, south of Lake City. The mine is located half a mile west of the north end of Lake San Cristobal. By 1904 it had produced $1,400,000 in silver and gold ore. The mine operated intermittently until 1919...
. - Golden Fleece Mine, San Bernardino County, CaliforniaSan Bernardino County, CaliforniaSan Bernardino County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,035,210, up from 1,709,434 as of the 2000 census...
, near Essex, is a mining site with several tunnels and a central mill, not in production anymore 34.6248°N 115.1721°W.