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** Walter Harvey Weed, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=QDwIAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA1034&ots=uhnzdAXuid&dq=Craven%20Copper%20Co%20humboldt&pg=PA1034#v=onepage&q=Craven%20Copper%20Co%20humboldt&f=false The Mines Handbook: An Enlargement of the Copper Hand Book]," p. 1034, 1920. "Craven Copper Co. P. H. Craven pres. Property near Winnemucca, Humboldt County, slightly developed, said to carry high-grade copper ore. Idle during the war but operations to be resumed." | ** Walter Harvey Weed, "[http://books.google.com/books?id=QDwIAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA1034&ots=uhnzdAXuid&dq=Craven%20Copper%20Co%20humboldt&pg=PA1034#v=onepage&q=Craven%20Copper%20Co%20humboldt&f=false The Mines Handbook: An Enlargement of the Copper Hand Book]," p. 1034, 1920. "Craven Copper Co. P. H. Craven pres. Property near Winnemucca, Humboldt County, slightly developed, said to carry high-grade copper ore. Idle during the war but operations to be resumed." | ||
** Nevada State Journal, "[http://newspaperarchive.com/nevada-state-journal/1941-11-03/page-3 Develops Ore in Red Butte Mines]," November 11, 1941. Article about Augustus D. Ramel, age 79, developing Claudia Group. Ramel is | ** Nevada State Journal, "[http://newspaperarchive.com/nevada-state-journal/1941-11-03/page-3 Develops Ore in Red Butte Mines]," November 11, 1941. Article about Augustus D. Ramel, age 79, developing Claudia Group. Ramel is said to have discovered the Red Butte District in 1907. He owned the area that was formerly the Craven Copper Co. | ||
* [http://www.mindat.org/loc-36850.html Mindat] | * [http://www.mindat.org/loc-36850.html Mindat] | ||
** [http://www.mindat.org/loc-59641.html Low copper prospect] East Flank of Navajo Mountain | ** [http://www.mindat.org/loc-59641.html Low copper prospect] East Flank of Navajo Mountain | ||
Revision as of 16:11, 10 November 2014
The Red Butte Mining District is located on the south of the Jackson Range.
External Resources
- Helen S. Carlson, "Nevada Place Names," p. 56. Origin of Bonita Springs.
- Michael M. Hamilton, "Mineral Resources of the South Jackson Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Humboldt County, Nevada," 1987. Description of the Claudia Mine.
- Frederick Leslie Ransom, "Notes on Some Mining Districtes in Humboldt County, Nevada," 1919
- H.F. Bonham, Jr., L.J. Garside, R.B. Jones, K.G. Papke, J.Quade, and J.V. Tingle, OF1985-03: A mineral inventory of the Paradise-Denio -- and Sonoma-Gerlach Resource Areas, Winnemucca District, Nevada," p 133, 1985.
- Craven Copper Co.
- Walter Harvey Weed, "The Mines Handbook: An Enlargement of the Copper Hand Book," p. 1034, 1920. "Craven Copper Co. P. H. Craven pres. Property near Winnemucca, Humboldt County, slightly developed, said to carry high-grade copper ore. Idle during the war but operations to be resumed."
- Nevada State Journal, "Develops Ore in Red Butte Mines," November 11, 1941. Article about Augustus D. Ramel, age 79, developing Claudia Group. Ramel is said to have discovered the Red Butte District in 1907. He owned the area that was formerly the Craven Copper Co.
- Mindat
- Low copper prospect East Flank of Navajo Mountain
- Low prospect North and East Flank of Navajo Mountain
- Prodigal mine
- Rattlesnake Canyon prospect Sec22 T37N R30E map map
- Red Butte area prospects West side of the Jackson Range
- Snowdrift Mine
Photos at the Humboldt Historical Society
- Craven Copper Co 1918. Mining District Red Butt Mining District on West Slope of the Jackson Range Fifteen miles north of sulphur
- Headrame shaft house Craven COpper Co 1912
- Mining District, Red Butte, #3 (Postcard on back)
- Craven Copper Co Mine at Copper Queen Mine in Red Butte, NV, 1920
- Silver Lead Palmers about 1924 Jackson Mt East of Cravens and Red Butte Probably Matt Hovich
- Rattlesnake Red Butte District Keystone Drilling Outfit 1912 (Postcard) Mining District Red Butte #13
- Headframe and Engine Houe Copper Queen Min Red Butte Dist.