{"id":4096,"date":"2022-03-29T09:03:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T16:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/?p=4096"},"modified":"2022-03-29T19:50:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T02:50:11","slug":"crystal-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2022\/03\/29\/crystal-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Mine “The Second – 1894”"},"content":{"rendered":"

# Crystal Mines<\/em>
\nThere were three lode gold mines in El Dorado County by the name of Crystal. The first was one-half mile north of Cool and active in 1896 and 1931. A gold bearing quartz vein was developed by a 25-foot shaft and two, 60-foot inclined shafts. The second Crystal Mine was on the Cosumnes River, five miles southeast of Grizzly Flat. Active around 1894, its three veins were mined by 70 and 250-foot shafts and a 1200-foot crosscut adit.<\/strong> The third and largest Crystal Mine, also known as the El Dorado Crystal Mine, was 3 miles south of Shingle Springs and a half mile south of the community of Frenchtown. A vein of quartz as much as 12 feet wide was originally worked prior to 1890, through a 250-foot inclined shaft and a 350-foot crosscut adit. The ore was treated on-site with a 10-stamp mill. The mine was reopened in 1937 by Ben Lockwood of Shingle Springs, who operated it until 1940. Ultimately, the mine was developed by the 250-foot inclined shaft and a 1,028-foot adit. 328 feet in from the portal (opening) of the adit, a 480-foot inclined winze was sunk with levels at 200, 326 and 456 feet. – Doug Noble<\/p>\n

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\r\n[Western Mining History]<\/pre>\n
The Crystal Mine is a gold mine located in El Dorado county, California at an elevation of 2,861 feet.<\/p>\n
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.<\/em><\/p>\n
Mine Info<\/h3>\n
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Name:<\/b>\u00a0Crystal Mine<\/p>\n
State:<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0California<\/a><\/p>\n
County:<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0El Dorado<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Elevation:<\/b>\u00a02,861 Feet (872 Meters)<\/p>\n
Primary Mineral:<\/b>\u00a0Gold<\/p>\n
Lat, Long:<\/b>\u00a038.5917, -120.55470<\/p>\n
Map:<\/b>\u00a0View on Google Maps<\/a><\/p>\n
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Satellite View<\/h3>\n
MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.<\/p>\n
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\nSatellite image of the Crystal Mine<\/center><\/p>\n
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Crystal Mine MRDS details<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Site Name<\/h4>\n
Primary:<\/b>\u00a0Crystal Mine<\/p>\n
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Commodity<\/h4>\n
Primary:<\/b>\u00a0Gold<\/p>\n
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Location<\/p>\n
State:<\/b>\u00a0California
\nCounty:<\/b>\u00a0El Dorado<\/p>\n
Land Status<\/p>\n
Land ownership:<\/b>\u00a0Private
\nNote: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.<\/p>\n
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Deposit<\/p>\n
Record Type:<\/b>\u00a0Site
\nOperation Category:<\/b>\u00a0Unknown
\nOperation Type:<\/b>\u00a0Underground
\nMining Method:<\/b>\u00a0Unknown
\nYears of Production:<\/b>
\nOrganization:<\/b>
\nSignificant:<\/b>\u00a0N
\nDeposit Size:<\/b>\u00a0S<\/p>\n
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Topo – Nearby mines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Physiography<\/p>\n
General Physiographic Area:<\/b>\u00a0Pacific Mountain System
\nPhysiographic Province:<\/b>\u00a0Cascade-Sierra Mountains
\nPhysiographic Section:<\/b>\u00a0Sierra Nevada<\/p>\n
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Crystal Mine is a quarry in El Dorado County and has an elevation of 2,913 feet. Crystal Mine is situated nearby to Lucky Jack Mine, and close to Jones Mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ScreenHunter-1828.jpg",1046,705,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ScreenHunter-1828-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ScreenHunter-1828-600x404.jpg",600,404,true],"medium_large":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ScreenHunter-1828-768x518.jpg",640,432,true],"large":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ScreenHunter-1828.jpg",640,431,false],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ScreenHunter-1828.jpg",1046,705,false],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ScreenHunter-1828.jpg",1046,705,false],"darknews-slider-full":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ScreenHunter-1828.jpg",1046,705,false],"darknews-featured":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ScreenHunter-1828-1024x690.jpg",1024,690,true],"darknews-medium":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ScreenHunter-1828-720x530.jpg",720,530,true],"darknews-medium-square":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ScreenHunter-1828-350x350.jpg",350,350,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"News MoLo","author_link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"LifeStyle<\/a>","tag_info":"LifeStyle","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4096"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4102,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096\/revisions\/4102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}