Alleghany
GPS *** N39' 27.973 W120' 50.762 *** elev. 4264'
     THE SIXTEEN TO ONE MINE
CALIFORNIA'S SIXTEEN TO ONE HAS BEEN PRODUCING GOLD
FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS. MORE THAN ONE MILLION TROY OUNCES OF GOLD HAVE BEEN MINED FROM ITS TUNNELS. IN 1853 THE KNICKERBOCKER DRIFT TUNNEL WAS STARTED, LATER LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TIGHTNER MINE WHICH BECAME A PORTION OF THE SIXTEEN TO ONE. IN 1896 TOM BRADBURY LOCATED THE SIXTEEN TO ONE VEIN. ON OCTOBER 6, 1911 J.G. JURY, W.I. SMART & H.K. MONTGOMERY INCORPORATED THE ORIGINAL SIXTEEN TO ONE MINE. IN ONE DAY, DECEMBER 17, 1993, THEY REMOVED OVER 2,600 OUNCES OF GOLD. THE MINE IS FAMOUS FOR SPECIMEN GOLD INCLUDING "THE WHOPPER", 141 OUNCES OF CRYSTALLINE GOLD. CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM
DEDICATED ON MAY 20, 1995 BY THE MAJOR DOWNIE CHAPTER E CLAMPUS VITUS |
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