California Treasure Name

Click on any name for the tale, local mining history, a professional geologic assessment of the area, and a viewpoint on prospecting in the locale of the lost mine. This table is sorted alphabetically by ore type. To view another order, click on the corresponding column heading.

Name	County	Mountain Range	Year	Ore Type
The Lost Santa Rosa Emerald Mine	Riverside / San Diego	Santa Rosa Mountains	unknown	Emeralds
The Lost Pegleg Smith Mine	Imperial / Riverside	-none-	c. 1829	Gold Nuggets
Jack Stewart's Lost Lode	Inyo	Panamint Range	1897	Native Gold
The Lost Breyfogle Mine	Inyo, CA / Nye, NV	Funeral Mountains	c. 1863	Native Gold
The Lost Butler Mine	Riverside / San Diego	Santa Rosa Mountains	c. 1900	Native Gold
The Lost Cement Mine	Mono / Madera	Ritter Range	1857	Native Gold
The Lost Chinaman Mine	Inyo / San Bernardino	Panamint Range	early 1900's	Native Gold
The Lost Gold Ledge of the Chocolate Mountains	Imperial	Chocolate Mountains	late 1800's	Native Gold
The Lost Golden Eagle Mine	Inyo	Black Mountains / Funeral Mountains	1902	Native Gold
The Lost Mine of Manly Peak	Inyo	Panamint Range	1925	Native Gold
The Lost Ramy Ledge	Inyo	Last Chance Range / Panamint Range	1904	Native Gold
The Lost Schofield Mine	San Bernardino	Clipper Mountains	1894	Native Gold
The Lost Gunsight Mine	Inyo	-none-	c. 1849	Native Silver
The Lost Amargosa Diggings	San Bernardino	-none-	c. 1875	Placer Gold
The Lost Arch Mine	San Bernardino	Turtle Mountains	mid-1800's	Placer Gold
The Lost Goler Mine	Kern	El Paso Mountains	c. 1870	Placer Gold
The Lost John Galler Mine	Inyo	Panamint Range	1850	Placer Gold
The Lost Mine of the Sheep Hole Mountains	San Bernardino	Sheep Hole Mountains	1860's	Placer Gold
The Lost Silver Ledge of the Chocolate Mountains	Imperial	Chocolate Mountains	1920	Silver Ore
The Lost Turquoise Mine of Slocum Mountain	San Bernardino	Slocum Mountain	c. 1898	Turquoise