YUBA COUNTY
California State Mining Bureau booklet, Lewis E. Aubrey, State Mineralogist, 1905
This is not a transcription of the complete booklet. There were many technical areas of data omitted to condense the amount of information provided here.
ELEVATIONS, Yuba County
U.S.G.S. represents United States Geological Survey; S.P.R.R. represents Southern Pacific Railroad - Note: The elevations accredited to the U.S. Geological Survey were in some instances taken from the contour lines of the topographical sheets issued by that department and are therefore to some degree approximate only.
| Station | Authority | Elevation | Station | Authority | Elevation | Station | Authority | Elevation |
| Binney Junction | S.P.R.R. | 78 | Flanly Peack | U.S.G.S. | 2,125 | Rackerby | U.S.G.S. | 1,420 |
| Bonanza Ranch | U.S.G.S. | 303 | Frenchtown | " | 1,400 | Ramm's Ranch | " | 2,950 |
| Brady's Ranch | " | 211 | Galena Hill | " | 2,800 | Ramirez | S.P.R.R. | 98 |
| Brownsville | " | 2,152 | Greenville | " | 2,100 | Red Bluff | U.S.G.S. | 2,493 |
| Browns Valley | " | 250 | Gurleys | " | 172 | Reeds | S.P.R.R. | 71 |
| Bryden Ranch | " | 299 | Honcut | S.P.R.R. | 112 | Sicard Flat | U.S.G.S. | 227 |
| Buckeye House | " | 4,150 | Indiana Ranch | U.S.G.S. | 1,700 | Smartsville | " | 758 |
| Bullard's Bar | " | 1,500 | Junction House | " | 2,400 | Strawberry Valley | " | 3,650 |
| Camptonville | " | 2,900 | Kentucky Ranch | " | 1,300 | Stanfield Hill | " | 1,220 |
| Challenge | " | 2,600 | Lafferty Peak | " | 1,154 | Sugar Loaf | " | 1,484 |
| Chaparral Hill | " | 2,190 | Marysville | S.P.R.R. | 64 | Summit House | " | 2,550 |
| Clayton Ranch | " | 2,525 | Mount Hope House | U.S.G.S. | 2,900 | Sunset Hill | " | 3,300 |
| Coombs | S.P.R.R. | 127 | New York Flat | " | 2,450 | Timbuctoo | " | 441 |
| Dempsey Ranch | U.S.G.S. | 750 | North Star House | " | 3,970 | Waldo | " | 250 |
| Dobbins | " | 1,630 | Oak Valley | " | 3,050 | Wheatland | S.P.R.R. | 90 |
| Eagleville | " | 3,750 | Oregon House | " | 1,475 | Woodleaf | U.S.G.S. | 3,150 |
| Empire Ranch | " | 840 | Pike County Hill | " | 3,675 | |||
| Erle | " | 150 | ||||||
| Foster's Bar | " | 1,520 |
QUARTZ MINES - some information left out due to lack of space - (exact location, elevation, strike, dip, character of ore, hanging wall, foot wall, developments)
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NAME OF MINE |
NEAREST TOWN OR P.O. |
PATENTED |
# OF VEINS |
WIDTH OF VEINS |
DEPTH BELOW OUTCROP (feet) |
MILL |
POWER |
# EMPLOYED |
NAME OF OWNER |
ADDRESS OWNER |
REMARKS |
|
Abbie |
Brownsville |
yes |
1 |
8’ |
500 |
|
|
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R.M.Johnson |
Brownsville |
Mill has been sold & hauled away |
|
Abbott |
Rackerby |
yes |
1 |
2’ |
80 |
|
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N.B. Abbott |
Rackerby |
|
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Albion King |
Waldo |
yes |
1 |
2’ |
160 |
|
|
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Wm. B. Ross |
Waldo |
|
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Arbucco |
Woodleaf |
yes |
1 |
3’ |
150 |
|
|
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Antonio Arbucco |
Woodleaf |
|
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Beever |
Brownsville |
yes |
1 |
3’ |
300 |
|
|
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C.C. Beever |
Brownsville |
Shaft caved |
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Bessie |
Brown’s Valley |
yes |
2 |
2’ |
50 |
|
|
6 |
B. Burris |
Brown’s Valley |
Sinking |
|
Bismarck |
Waldo |
yes |
|
|
200 |
|
|
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Livermore Banking Co. |
Livermore |
Hadn’t struck ledge when work stopped |
|
Black Maria |
Smartsville |
yes |
1 |
18’ |
100 |
|
|
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S.O. Gunning |
Marysville |
|
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Boa |
Smartsville |
no |
1 |
4’ |
150 |
|
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M.C. Meeker |
Camp Meeker, Sonoma Co |
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Bullard’s Bar |
Bullard’s Bar |
yes |
1 |
85’ |
500 |
|
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Geo. A. Mix |
Bullard’s Bar |
Bonded to C.L. Crane |
|
Cleopatra |
Smartsville |
no |
1 |
4’ |
100 |
|
|
4 |
Chas. F. Ayer |
Boston, Mass. |
|
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Dannebrog |
Brown’s Valley |
yes |
1 |
2’-6” |
|
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Incorporated Co. |
Marysville |
F.W. Johnson, Pres. Marysville Idle. |
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Dexter |
Brown’s Valley |
no |
1 |
6”-2’ |
|
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|
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F.W. Johnson & Wm. Clark |
Marysville |
|
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Eagleville |
Strawberry Valley |
yes |
1 |
24’ |
250 |
|
|
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F.G. Oaken |
Strawberry Valley |
|
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Eagle Gold |
Dobbin’s Ranch |
yes |
1 |
4’ |
300 |
yes |
steam |
2 |
Frank E. Barbeiro |
Dobbin’s Ranch |
|
|
Fairview |
Brown’s Valley |
no |
1 |
3’ |
100 |
|
|
2 |
Whittier & Stevens |
Brown’s Valley |
|
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Good Hope |
Waldo |
yes |
1 |
18” |
150 |
|
|
|
R. Van Court |
Grass Valley |
|
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Good Title |
Dobbin’s Ranch |
yes |
1 |
2’6” |
300 |
yes |
water and gas |
3 |
R.G. & J.R. Williams |
Dobbin’s Ranch |
|
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Golden Key |
Rackerby |
yes |
1 |
2’ |
70 |
|
|
2 |
W.J. Mellon |
Challenge |
|
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Hansonville |
Brownsville |
yes |
1 |
3’8’ |
300 |
|
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L.A. Wyman, Agent |
Boston, Mass |
|
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Hibbert & Burris |
Brown’s Valley |
yes |
1 |
4’ |
200 |
yes |
steam |
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B. Burris & Mrs. E. Hibbert |
Brown’s Valley |
|
|
Hillside |
Dobbin’s Ranch |
yes |
1 |
3’ |
200 |
|
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R.L. Hill, Jr. |
Oakland |
|
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Honeycomb |
Camptonville |
no |
1 |
18” |
500 |
yes |
electric |
|
M.F. Hrubanik |
San Francisco |
|
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Jefferson |
Brown’s Valley |
yes |
1 |
13’-18’ |
700 |
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F.W. Johnson |
Marysville |
|
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Last Chance |
Brown’s Valley |
no |
1 |
4’ |
|
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|
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John Stevens |
Brown’s Valley |
|
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Little Kingbird |
Clipper Mills, Butte Co. |
yes |
2 |
2’ |
100 |
|
|
3 |
W.J. Mellon |
Challenge |
Upraising from tunnel to shaft |
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Lone Tree |
Waldo |
yes |
1 |
18” |
125 |
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Excelsior W. & M. Co. |