Little Joe Mine: Difference between revisions

From Black Rock Desert Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
 
(9 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
The Little Joe and Hoss Opal Mines are located in the [[Calico Range]].  The [[Royal Rainbow Opal Mine]] is located a few km to the north.
The Little Joe and Hoss Opal Mines are located in the [[Calico Hills]] and discovered by Ray Duffield in the 1960's<ref>Stephen B. Castor, Gregory C. Ferdock, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=flAhr0MbxM8C&pg=PA76&dq=%22royal+rainbow+mine Minerals of Nevada]," Issue 31, p. 76, 2004.</ref>The [[Royal Rainbow Opal Mine]] is located a few km to the north.
== Resources ==
* Stephen B. Castor, Gregory C. Ferdock, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=flAhr0MbxM8C&pg=PA76&dq=%22royal+rainbow+mine Minerals of Nevada]," Issue 31, p. 76, 2004.  Discovered by Ray Duffield in the 1960's.


[[Category:Calico Range]]
In the 1970's the mine was owned by Ray and Marge Duffield, who charged diggers $5 per day with the condition that they would sell a larger find to them for $600 maximum.<ref>Gary Pedersen, "[http://search.proquest.com/docview/158468105?accountid=14496 Remote Mine Home Draws Diggers: Opals Lace 'End of the Earth'],", Los Angeles Times, January 3, 1978 pg oc3.</ref>
[[Category:Mining]]
== References ==
<references/>
 
== Remote Resources ==
* [https://www.mindat.org/loc-63583.html Little Joe opal mine (Black Rock mine; Little Jo mine), Donnelly Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA] (mindat)
* [https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/846474 GNIS]
** Citation: "Primary Series 30-Minute Highway Quads, Nevada Department of Transportation. 2-11/1986"
 
[[Category:Calico Hills]]
[[Category:GNIS]]
[[Category:Mines]]

Latest revision as of 06:30, 23 October 2023

The Little Joe and Hoss Opal Mines are located in the Calico Hills and discovered by Ray Duffield in the 1960's[1]. The Royal Rainbow Opal Mine is located a few km to the north.

In the 1970's the mine was owned by Ray and Marge Duffield, who charged diggers $5 per day with the condition that they would sell a larger find to them for $600 maximum.[2]

References

  1. Stephen B. Castor, Gregory C. Ferdock, "Minerals of Nevada," Issue 31, p. 76, 2004.
  2. Gary Pedersen, "Remote Mine Home Draws Diggers: Opals Lace 'End of the Earth',", Los Angeles Times, January 3, 1978 pg oc3.

Remote Resources