Red Butte Mining District

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

• Mindat
  • Low copper prospect East Flank of Navajo Mountain
  • Low prospect North and East Flank of Navajo Mountain
  • Prodigal mine
  • [Rattlesnake Canyon prospect http://www.mindat.org/loc-59643.html] 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.