Mines: — York County

Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: york_sc.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: MINES:. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Allison Mine - the mine was worked before 1904 and again in the 1930's for lode gold. Arrowwood Mine - was a small lode mine. Bar Kat Mine - was worked in 1895 and had some productive years. Barnett Mine - was a lode mine. Big Wilson Mine - was opened in the 1840's, contained lode gold, with copper nuggets. Bolin Mine - was a lode mine. Bradley Mine - was a minor lode mine. Brown Mine - was worked Before 1900, and by 1905 had 1, 600 feet of underground workings. Campbell Mine - was a lode mine. Carroll Mine - consisted of free milling gold, with pyrite. It was a productive lode gold mine. Cassady Mine - was a lode mine. Castles Mine - contained gold, with pyrite. Clawson Mine - contained free milling gold with pyrite cubes to 1/2 inch. Darwin Mine - this mine had some very course gold. Dickey Mine - was a lode mine. Dorothy Mine - from 1860 - 1942, it was a productive lode mine. Ellis Mine - contained gold, with pyrite. Falkner Mine - was a lode mine. Ferguson Mine - it was productive before 1904, reworked in the 1930's and reprospected in the 1960's. contained free milling gold, with pyrite. Hardin Mine - was a lode mine. Horn Mine - was a lode mine. Hull Mine - contained gold, with lead. La Peire Mine - was a lode mine. Love No.2 Mine - was a lode mine. Magnolia Mine - contained gold, with malachite. Martin Mine - was a lode mine, but had some record size gold nuggets. McCarter Mine - was a lode mine. McGill Mine - was a lode mine. Mercer Mine - contained free milling gold. Parker No. 1 Mine - was a lode mine. Parker No. 2 Mine - was a lode mine. Patterson Mine - it was worked quite extensively before 1912 for gold. Ross Mine - was a productive lode mine. Schlegelmilch Mine - was a lode mine. Scoggins Mine - contained gold with pyrite. Sutton Mine - abundant free milling gold with pyrite. Thunderbird Mine - contained free milling gold. Thunderhead Mine - placers discovered in 1961 along a creek on the Ollie Proctor property. You can pan gold to nugget size. Wallace Mine - was a lode mine. Whatt Mine - was a small lode mine. Wilson Mine - was opened in 1840's for lode gold, with native copper nuggets. Wylie Mine - was a lode mine.