Thursday, August 8, 2024

THE IRON MOUNTAIN MINE: A SITE OVERVIEW.


Above: The Iron Mountain Mine; A Site Overview.

In 1865 Charles Camden located the first iron ore body upon Iron Mountain which gave its name to the mountain, a 3,600 ft. high mountain, situated in the West Shasta mining district of Shasta County, California. Over the years the property grew to contain the Brick Flat mine, the Complex mine, the Hornet mine, the Little Nelly mine, the Lost Confidence mine, the Mattie mine, the Minnesota mine, the No. 8 mine, the Old mine, and the Richmond mine. It became a celebrated lucrative producer within this county. Camden then went into partnership with Colonel William Magee, and they eventually brought on James M. Sallee as an owner with them after Sallee located an impressive ore body of silver upon the mountain. The nearby communities of Iron Mountain, Keswick, Matheson, South Park, and Taylor came into fruition due to the mine itself. The first year of production for this mine was in 1879 and the last year of production was in 1963. On September 8, 1983, the Iron Mountain mine became an EPA superfund site and is presently ranked as the third largest polluter in California. In 2010, the Iron Mountain Mine was labeled as a "Toxic Hellhole" by the San Francisco Gate media outlet. For more information, please see the attached YouTube video: "The Iron Mountain Mine; A Site Overview."


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A Road to Shasta Would Pay - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, September 11, 1869

Iron, Mountain - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, October 21, 1871

Iron Mountain - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, April 2, 1881

Lost Confidence Mine - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, May 14, 1881

Iron Mountain - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, May 21, 1881

Iron Mountain - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, June 25, 1881

Iron Mountain - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, September 24, 1881

Rich Mineral Strike - The Record-Union newspaper of Sacramento, August 29, 1881

The Republican Free Press newspaper of Redding, August 8, 1885

Eleven Bars of Bullion - The Republican Free Press newspaper of Redding, September 17, 1887

The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, December 7, 1895

The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, December 14, 1895

The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, January 11, 1896

Will Succeed Hill - The Free Press newspaper of Redding, May 1, 1897

Mines and Miners - The Free Press newspaper of Redding, May 4, 1897

South Park - The Free Press newspaper of Redding, July 22, 1897

Mail Route to Fielding - The Free Press newspaper of Redding, November 19, 1897

Aubury, Lewis E. The copper resources of California: California Mining Bureau Bulletin 23: 65. 1902

William McKendrick - The Free Press newspaper of Redding, December 25, 1903

William McKendrick - The Free Press newspaper of Redding, December 29, 1903

Mines and Mineral Resources of Shasta County, Siskiyou County, and Trinity County, by G. Chester Brown, ©1915 published by California State Printing Office.

Aerial Tramway to Be Built by Copper Company - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, April 30, 1921

Shipping 500 Tons of Ore Everyday - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, January 11, 1922

To Move Keswick P.O. To Matheson - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, July 7, 1922

Charles F. Reed to be Postmaster - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, October 20, 1922

Post Office at Keswick to Go - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, January 14, 1923

25 Prospectors Find Good Leads Around Matheson - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, January 24, 1923

Iron Mountain Mine No. 8 Is Closed Down - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, July 18, 1930

Mines and Mineral Resources of Shasta County, California – County Report 6 – by Philip A. Lydon and J.C. O’ Brien ©1974 by California Division of Mines and Geology

(4) Iron Mountain Mine - Jobs and Clean-up from Recovery Act Funds - YouTube

(4) Inside Iron Mountain Mine - YouTube


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