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] The town was built on a flat bench of land above the mining camp which perched on a steep canyon slope on the west side of Licking Fork, just over a mile downstream from the headwaters. [3] The town was first announced in January, 1863. [4] The Heckendorn Gold and Silver Mining Company was organized by July, with C. C. Bowman as its secretary. [5] A post office operated in Blue Mountain from 1863 to 1864. [2] [6] [7] [8]
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. [9]
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] The town was built on a flat bench of land above the mining camp which perched on a steep canyon slope on the west side of Licking Fork, just over a mile downstream from the headwaters. [3] The town was first announced in January, 1863. [4] The Heckendorn Gold and Silver Mining Company was organized by July, with C. C. Bowman as its secretary. [5] A post office operated in Blue Mountain from 1863 to 1864. [2] [6] [7] [8]
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. [9]