Friday, November 21, 2014

Where Is It? Places lost and remaining from the Motherlode Gold Rush

Where Is It?

Some have survived but most have disappeared.

* La Chapelle Flat - That big meadow behind Scott's Junction.  Lewis Emery, who built the lake at M-24, moved his house from the Rose Hill Mine to La Chapelle Flat.

*  Miles - Located where Whiskey Slide Road crosses Jesus Maria Creek.  Known as the Sharp Ranch for many years.

*  Broderick - Somewhere near the present town of Mtn. Ranch but we have not been able to determine where.

*  Cave City - At the end of Cave City Road.  Cave now open to the public.

*  Poverty Flat - North of town off Whiskey Slide.

*  Fourth Crossing - On Highway 49 between San Andreas and Angels Camp.

*  Humbug - Now called Hidden Valley.

*  Whiskey Slide - North of Jesus Maria Road at the end of Whiskey Slide Road.

*  Dog Town - North of Altaville.

*  Chee Chee Flat  - The three corners of Whiskey Slide, Ponderosa and W. Murray.

*  Old Gulch - 1 mile south of Michael Road on Old Gulch Road.

*  San Antone Camp - On San Antone Creek south of Fricot City Road.

* Montgomeryville - Just east of Stage Coach Monument on Mtn. Ranch Road.

* Rigney Flat - Off Sheep Ranch Road before O'Neil Creek.

*  Willow Creek - 2 miles south of San Andreas.

* Upper and Lower Calaveritas - Near present area of Calaveritas. Once a very active mining area.

*  Indian Creek - South of Sheep Ranch on road to Murphys.  Home of Valenti Store and Clorinda Domenghini.

*  Sheep Ranch - Originally called Hay Press Flat.  You know where that is.

* Yaqui Camp - 3 miles southeast of San Andreas, home of Squarehead Mine.

*  Cherokee Flat - Now known as Altaville.

*  Gold Hill - One mile northeast of Altaville.

*  Jesus Maria - a few miles east of Moke Hill on Jesus Maria Road.

*  Double Springs - Below Toyon toward Valley Springs.

*  Mosquito Gulch - Now known as Glencoe.

*  Turnersville - Now called Campo Seco.

*  El Dorado - Now known as Mountain Ranch.

*  Macaroni Flat - Near Stevenot Winery on Sheep Ranch - Murphys Road.

*  Railroad Flat - You know where that is.

*  Rich Gulch - West of Railroad Flat, very rich mining area.

*  Vallecito - Originally called "Shooter's Town" between Angels Camp and Murphys.

*  Douglas Flat - West of Murphys was called "New Diggings".

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