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Young America Mine


Young America Mine

GPS:  39.611495°, -120.636095°

Young America mill and boarding houseYoung America Mine Mill - Photo Courtesy of the California State Library
The Young America mine was one of the largest quartz mines of Sierra County located on a northerly slope above Upper Sardine Lake in the Sierra Buttes lakes basin area. The mine was located by A.C. Busch and G.H.O. Slunderhaus in 1883. In elevation it was two thousand feet above the town of Sierra City and two and a half miles as the crow flies or seven miles by wagon. The Young America lode was a quartz vein averaging six feet in width.

A ten stamp mill was built above lower Sardine Lake and just down from the main mine tunnel. An additional 20 stamps were added later. Ore was conveyed from the mine to the mill by way of a Hallidie elevated wire tramway. The mill was water powered and had enough volume to run sixty stamps or more.

On September 7, 1885, after a seventeen day run, the mill cleaned up $16,000 in gold for about $70 per ton. By the end of 1885 over $500,000 had been recovered. Mining and milling costs ran only about $4 per ton.

View looking East at mill and boarding house
Young America Mine Mill looking toward Lower Sardine Lake - Photo Courtesy of the California State Library
Miners working at mine
Young America Mine above Upper Sardine Lake- Photo Courtesy of the California State Library
Ropeway tram with Lower Sardine lake in background.
Young America Mine wire rope tram - Photo Courtesy of the California State Library
Miners working hard at the Young America Mine
Young America Mine Mill - Photo Courtesy of the California State Library
Young America mine bunk house with miners standing outside.
Young America Mine Bunk house - Photo Courtesy of the California State Library
Lower Sardine Lake
Lower Sardine Lake - Photo Courtesy of the California State Library
lake picture with mill in background
Young America Mine Mill - Photo Courtesy of the California State Library
Looking West at mill on hill above Lower Sardine Lake
Young America Mine Mill - Photo Courtesy of the California State Library

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  • Home
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    • Death Valley >
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      • Ballarat Ghost Town, Death Valley
      • Broken Pick mine, Death Valley
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      • Charles Manson Hide Out Barker Ranch, Death Valley
      • Chloride Cliffs, Death Valley
      • Corona Mine, Death Valley
      • Crater Sulfur Mine, Death Valley
      • Devils Golf Course, Death Valley
      • Geologist Cabin, Death Valley
      • Harmony Borax works, Death Valley
      • Ibex Springs Talc Mine, Death Valley
      • Inyo Mine, Death Valley
      • Keane Wonder Mine, Death Valley
      • Keystone Mine, Death Valley
      • Lost Burro Mine, Death Valley
      • Marble Bath, Death Valley
      • Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley
      • Morning Glory Mine Camp, Death Valley
      • Racetrack, Death Valley
      • Rhyolite, Nevada
      • Russell Camp, Death Valley
      • Ryan, Death Valley
      • Scotty's Castle, Death Valley
      • Skidoo Ghost Town, Death Valley
      • Stella's - Mengel Cabin, Death Valley
      • Teakettle Junction, Death Valley
      • Titus Canyon, Death Valley
      • Ubehebe Crater, Death Valley
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      • Zabriskie Point, Death Valley
    • California Gold Country >
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      • Downieville, California
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      • Kenton Mine
      • Kentucky Mine and Museum
      • Love Falls Yuba River
      • Mountain House Henness Pass
      • Oregon Creek Covered Bridge
      • Poker Flat
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      • Young America Mine
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