Blue Mountain City, California
Blue Mountain City is a former settlement in Calaveras County, California,[1] along Licking Fork, approximately 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Mountain Ranch.[2] A post office operated in Blue Mountain from 1863 to 1864.[2][3]
Blue Mountain is also the name of a mining district located 10 miles southeast of West Point, California that includes the Black Wonder, Gold King and Heckendorn mines.[4]
References
- "A Deserted Mining Camp". Stockton Daily Evening Record. September 11, 1895. p. 4. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 806. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- Gudde, Erwin G. (2009). California Gold Camps: A Geographical and Historical Dictionary of Camps, Towns, and Localities Where Gold Was Found and Mined; Wayside Stations and Trading Centers. p. 41. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- Clark, William B. (1998). Gold Districts of California. Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology. p. 31. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
Further reading
- "Blue Mountain City". Oakland Tribune. March 23, 1952. p. 66. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- Patera, Alan H.; Motloch, Wally (2011). Blue Mountain City and Mitchell Mill. Western Places. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
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