Are there any old gold mines in Yosemite?
Posted:
Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:44 am
by nprangerdow
Are there any old gold mines in Yosemite?
Posted:
Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:34 am
by AlmostThere
There are defunct silver mines on Mono Pass and in Gaylor Lakes basin. Don't think they ever found anything despite all the digging tho.
Gold mines, not so much... I know of a couple locations of modern gold mines in Jamestown area, but I think they will not let you in.
Re: Are there any old gold mines in Yosemite?
Posted:
Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:19 am
by dan
nprangerdow wrote:Are there any old gold mines in Yosemite?
At Mono Pass, and just outside the park at TIoga Pass. See this book for more info:
Ghost Mines of Yosemite (1958) by Douglass Hubbard http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/ghost_mines/
This book is still in print, BTW. Usually available in Yosemite stores and gift shops.
Posted:
Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:32 pm
by bill-e-g
All the information you seek is here:
http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/geol ... Index.aspx
with a map here:
http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/geol ... _AUMap.pdf
Generally speaking... Silver on the East, Gold on the West.