RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

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COUNTY:Riverside County

STATE:California

A total of 108,800 gold ounces, mostly lode gold, came from many relatively small mines and a few placers scattered throughout Riverside County, 1893-1959. Southwest of Blythe by 20 miles, you will find The McCoy Mountain district, numerous copper mines had a by product of gold. North of Desert Center, a large area along the north boundary of the county, in township 2S and 3S and range 10E and 12E, the Pinon-Dale district had a total production, produced over 33,000 ounces of lode gold. The Lost Horse Mine, producer of 1,000 ounces of lode gold and The New Eldorado Mine, produced about 500 ounces of lode gold. At Packards Well go south 2 miles in the Palen Mountains to area copper mines that had some production of gold. West and Southwest of Perris, in township 4S and 5S and range 4W you will find the Pinanate district. In that district you would find the Good Hope Mine which was worked prior to 1850 by Mexicans, It produced 1,500 ounces of lode gold.