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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