Confidence Mine - Twain Harte CA
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saopaulo1
N 38° 02.720 W 120° 12.451
10S E 745044 N 4214526
An ECV plaque in Twain Harte CA.
Waymark Code: WMRRQY
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2016
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"Discovered in 1853, Confidence Mine became one of California’s richest gold mines. It was developed by the pioneer stage owner and pony express man Ben Holladay. An incline shaft of 1,000’ was sunk and off that a 2,000’ horizontal shaft hit the best paydirt. At it’s climax the mine employed a 40 stamp mill. It’s ore averaged better than $20 per ton. Total take of the mine was conservatively place at $3,500,000 and some say it was more like $5,000,000. The mine supported the town of Confidence which included a Hotel, Dance Hall, Saloon, General Store, Butcher Shop, Post Office and School. Nearby the mine were the Mary Ellen, Independence, Little Jessie and Playboy, all good producers of high quality ore."
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