Wheatland — Platte County

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Wheatland — Platte County

Gold Mining Site WY • Platte County County
Description
Southwest of Wheatland 10 miles, in the Cooney Hills, in section 20 T23N R69W, is the Cooney Hill Prospect, which was primarily a low grade copper prospect with gold traces. Southwest 15 miles, on the south side of the Cooney Hills, is the Whippoorwill Claim, which produced lode gold with copper and silver. West 22 miles on Slate Creek is the Independence Group of Mines which produced minor amounts of gold.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: platte_wy.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Wheatland. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Southwest of Wheatland 10 miles, in the Cooney Hills, in section 20 T23N R69W, is the Cooney Hill Prospect, which was primarily a low grade copper prospect with gold traces. Southwest 15 miles, on the south side of the Cooney Hills, is the Whippoorwill Claim, which produced lode gold with copper and silver. West 22 miles on Slate Creek is the Independence Group of Mines which produced minor amounts of gold.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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