Mines of the American West – Plumas County, California: First Edition – Volume CA32 (Mines of California)

Pay with

About Mines Of The American West – Plumas

Plumas County is the forty first book in a series of books on Mines of the American West and the twenty third on counties in California. This book contains over 815 entries covering mines, historic mining companies and mining districts in Plumas County. The books are intended for the use of small miners, “rockhounds”, metal-detector enthusiasts, hikers, campers, off-roaders and others. Modern GPS coordinates, most of which are from USGS records, have been associated with the majority of the records to allow the reader to do a little “prospecting from their computer”, using available on-line tools. In this book many of the locations have been reviewed using on-line tools, especially when attempting to locate the mine through the use of the coordinates. This allows the locations of the coordinate points to be visibly identified; and, in many cases the best ways to access them. Where I have been able to find a reference as to the “location accuracy” of the coordinates, I have included it. On-line mapping tools allow the reader to pursue their interests and review locations when the weather is bad or they only have limited blocks of time. It also will allow the reader to maximize their use of time when they can physically visit the areas, after getting permission of the Owners, when necessary. Also, as a benefit to physical site visitors, many of the mines have been grouped by Mining District, where such existed. Many of the entries for Plumas County, likely have been created while I was working on other projects ranging from data for other book series to consulting jobs. Some of the entries, which I consider to be fairly complete for the mines and districts, can be identified by the highlighted or bold names for the entries.