MARY HARRISON
GOLD MINE
OPERATED IN 1853 BY A FRENCH COMPANY WHO INSTALLED
MILL AND SMELTER BUT FOUND THEIR PROCESS UNSUITABLE
LATER, SUCCESSFULLY OPERATED BY A BOSTON COMPANY,
WITH A 1200 FOOT SHAFT, TWELVE LEVELS AND 5000 FEET
OF DRIFTS ORE HAULED 4 MILES TO A MILL ON A RAILROAD,
TERMED CROOKEDEST IN THE WORLD PRODUCED $1,500,000
WITH ORE RUNNING $7 TO $12 PER TON AT THE PRICE OF
$20.67 PER OUNCE. MINERS WERE PAID $3.50 FOR EIGHT
HOURS. CLOSED IN 1904 OWING TO SCARCITY OF WOOD FOR
FUEL, ELECTRICITY BEING UNAVAIL ABLE
D.G. KIDDER WAS THE LAST, SUPERINTENDENT.
IN THIS IMMEDIATE AREA ARE EXPOSED MANY OF THE DIFFER
ENT MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH GOLD ORE ON MOTHER LODE.
GOLD MINE RUINS
COULTERVILLE
CALIF
Y-323
