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Park Canyon Mill

Park Canyon Mill

In 1867, the La Plata Company moved a ten-stamp mill from the mining camp of Yankee Blade to Park Canyon and built an extensive mill from native stone. The mill ran ore from a few different mines, including the Giant mine, but mainly the silver ore from the Buckeye mine

Mountain View Mill and Arrastra

Mountain View Mill and Arrastra

The history of Mountain View seems to be lost to history. It is spread out into a couple of different sections. A camp with a few wooden cabins, the mill, and mine with its own little camp and the arrastra. Judging from the large mill foundations and careful masonry, it

Don Alvadore Mine

Don Alvadore Mine

The Don Alvadore Mine is a single adit and stope 500 feet up on a cliff above Lundy Canyon. The old trail to the mine is overgrown and hard to follow in places these days. I couldn’t find much on the history or production of the mine, but it

Delamar Mine

Delamar Mine

The mines at Delamar are extensive. Most of the claims were once separate mines, but Captain De Lamar bought all of them and connected them. I’ve been here a few times over the years and it’s still a great mine. There are huge stope rooms, square set timbering,

Delamar Ghost Town

Delamar Ghost Town

The mining camp of Delamar started out as a small tent camp similar to Helene, just a few miles to the north and only a few months later. It was centered around the April Fool, Monitor, Gold Cup, Hog Pen, and a few other small mines. Captain Joseph De Lamar

Magnolia Mine (Helene)

Magnolia Mine (Helene)

The Magnolia Mine is an old one; it was discovered in 1891 and developed in 1892 mainly for silver. It is one of the first mines of the Ferguson (later Delamar) district. It was worked just before the larger Delamar Mine a few miles to the south. Over the next

Log Cabin Mine

Log Cabin Mine

Situated at 9,600 ft above Mono Lake, this historic gold mine camp has quite the view. That alone is worth the trip up here. First located in 1890, it wasn't developed until Jim Simpson acquired the mineral rights in 1910. Some of the original miners snowshoed up