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Randsburg Mills
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PRIDHAM & QUINN EUREKA MILL (KINYON MILL AND SNOW MILL)
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January 28, 1898:
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BLACK HAWK (EUREKA MINING AND MILLING CO.)
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February 11, 1896:
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THE EARLY TOWN
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Although gold was first discovered in Randsburg in April 1895 the site did not develop immediately into a “camp” or town, with merchants.
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BUTTE MINE (Butte Lode Mining Co., Consolidated Butte Mines Co., Sun Ray Mining Co.)
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Its former owners took out $45,000 in one year and it was their proud boast that they never drew a sober breath while it lasted.
SUMMARY: 1896: THE BUTTE GOLD DEPOSIT was discovered in 1896 by three brothers H. C., Sommers, and Tate Ramie.
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THE WEDGE GOLD MINING, MILLING AND WATER SUPPLY COMPANY
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Mineral Survey No. 3473, Independence Land District, Located August 3, 1896, recorded August 5, 1896, known as Butte Wedge Quartz Mine, Surveryed July 1897, owner J. D. Browne, improvments of discovery shaft, ore house, whims, drifts, and office. September 15, 1896: BUTTE WEDGE MINE (quartz)
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BALTIC MINE
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". . . From the moment (we bought the Baltic) on, the family was ever on the precarious but stimulating brink of riches or bankruptcy, though in true miner-fashion we totally disregarded the unpleasant possibilities of financial disaster, and kept our eyes on the brighter side of the picture. One more stroke of the pick, one more round of powder, down another foot or two. Who knew?" - Marcia Rittenhouse Wynn
[caption id=”attachment_2822″ align=”alignright” width=”200″ caption=”Baltic Stamp Battery, in the Yard of the Rand Desert Museum. Donated by the owners in 1958. The heart of the milling process, five 800-1000 pound 'stamps', or pestles, were raised and dropped ___ times a minute, pulverizing ore to powder before passing over mercury covered copper plates which trapped the gold particles by amalgamation. The … More
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RAND MOUNTAIN MINING CO. (YELLOW ASTER MINING & MILLING CO.
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"Unless all surface indications fail, they have a notable piece of mining property.
August 5, 1922:
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RANDSBURG MINES INTRODUCTION
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---the desert camps also need less whiskey and more water.
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J. I. C. & EXCELSIOR MINES
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LITTLE BUTTE MINE
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MONKEY WRENCH MINE
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January 10, 1897:
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MATTIE MINE
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HARDCASH MINE
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Summary: 1962: LOCATED SW1/4NW1/4 sec. 1, T30S, R40E, MDM, Rand district, in Fiddlers Gulch, 1 mile southeast of Randsburg. Two patented claims and 4 unpatented claims. Principal shaft is 250-feet deep on an incline of 60 degrees NE. Drifts a few tens of feet long have been extended northwest on the 80 and 150 foot levels. Shallow workings developed to … More
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SANTA ANA, NAPOLEON, AND YUCCA MINES
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February 20, 1897:
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SUNSHINE MINE (Fraction)
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Summary: 1962: LOCATION: NE. Corner sec. 11, T30S, R40E, MDM. Rand District. 1
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MINNEHAHA
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BIG GOLD MINE ( Big Tungsten, Bi-Metallic, West End)
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WINNIE MINE
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METEOR MINE
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CHRONOLOGY: September 17, 1897:
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ROSE MINES (Irene and May Queen )
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Irene Mine in the Stringer District of Randsburg circa 1898 — McPherson October 03, 1897:
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STANFORD GROUP
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ST. ELMO MINE
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July 28, 1896:
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OPHIR MILL (Willard & Harrison)
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CHRONOLOGY: February 18, 1896:
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WHITE MINE (Sidney Group)
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SUMMARY: LOCATED: NE1/4SE1/4 sec. 17, T30S, R40E, MDM, 4
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G. B. MINE
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UNIONS, CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS,FRATERNAL GROUPS AND POLITICAL PARTIES
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WESTERN FEDERATION OF MINERS August 25, 1897:
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YELLOW ASTER MINING & MILLING CO. (Rand Mtn. Mining Co.)
- 1894 thru 1897
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Discovery and Litigation
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YELLOW ASTER MINING & MILLING CO. (Rand Mtn. Mining Co.)
- 1898 thru 1901
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Major Development
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YELLOW ASTER MINING & MILLING CO. (Rand Mtn. Mining Co.)
- 1902 thru 1909
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Under Ground Mining
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YELLOW ASTER MINING & MILLING CO. (Rand Mtn. Mining Co.)
- 1910 thru 1919
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The Glory Hole
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YELLOW ASTER MINING & MILLING CO. (Rand Mtn. Mining Co.)
- 1920 thru Presen
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Leasing
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CHURCHES
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EPISCOPAL December 23, 1896:
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CELEBRATIONS
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POST OFFICE
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PROFESSIONALS (Doctors, Dentists, Attorneys, Engineers)
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ATTORNEYS– December 30, 1896:
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GOVERNMENT
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December 19, 1896:
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RAND DISTRICT –ITS FIRES AND ITS FIRE DEPARTMENT
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July 09, 1897:
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WATER COMPANIES
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January 26, 1897:
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KINYON MINE (Good Hope — Consolidated Mines Company )
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SUMMARY: 1962: East end of town of Randsburg, on south side of the main street through Randsburg.
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SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC
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DECEMBER 22, 1901:
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MARRIAGES – BIRTHS – DEATHS
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MARRIAGES January 29, 1897:
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SCHOOLS
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TEACHERS RANDSBURG 1897/98 Miss Wores 1898/1900 Mrs. R. M. Rader 1900/04 W. A. McGinn 1904/05 C. M. Drake 1905/07 D. Gunderson 1907/11 Sue Spurlock 1911/12 Susan A. Peter 1912/16 Lena Reynolds 1916/17 Mabel Guernsey 1917/18 A. S. Fulton 1918/19 Nellie S. Gessell 1919/21 W. H. Linderman 1921/22 Mrs. Myrtle Copeland 1922/23 Marion I. Nelson 1923/24 Beatrice Atkenson 1924/25 Beatrice Cregier … More
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FOOTBALL
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January 2, 1898:
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STAGE LINES
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Mr. Sumner — The Bakersfield Daily Californian reported in April of 1896 that Mr. Sumner, formerly of Tulare, would be running a stage, every other day, direct between Mojave and Randsburg. A report of a drunken stage driver in the Visalia Morning Daily Delta, cannot be directly attributed to this stage line. However, it seems that the Visalia contingency in … More
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AUTO STAGES
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Owens & Niehaus — In November of 1913 Owens & Niehaus were advertising in the Randsburg Miner that they were in the Auto-Stage business and had a five-passenger automobile for hire. W. J. Johnson
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FREIGHTERS
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George Washington Lloyd — Randsburg Transfer & Freighting Co. George Lloyd, a 35-year-old native of Illinois,
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RANDSBURG — COUNTY SEAT OF SAN ANTONIO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
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January 10, 1897:
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RANDSBURG CLAIMS – SECTION KEY MAP
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