Indian Mine,
California
The mill at the Indian Mine was originally a 2-stamp Nissen mill. Only one stamp was installed. |
| A gold ledge originally
discovered here in 1903 by a Shoshone Indian who was out hunting mountain sheep, was
located as the Indian in 1904 by A. K. Ishmael. Little more than assessment work was done
until he found a partner in R. Clapp, who had enough money to develop the mine. Together they worked a vein of $25 a ton and erected a 2-stamp mill in the summer of 1910, by Sept. they cast their first gold bar, but closed down a couple of months later because the ore just couldn't pay the costs. |