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 Utica Mining Disaster - Angels Camp, CA
N 38° 04.350 W 120° 32.579
10S E 715523 N 4216709
Headstone commemorating 14 miners lost in a gold mine
Waymark Code: WM3Y59
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/03/2008
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This little headstone commemorates just a few of the many lives lost in the California Gold Rush.
This monument in Utica Park marks the location of the North Shaft of Utica Mine, one of California's most successful gold mines. Between 1865 and 1905, the mine yielded more than $40 million, four million of it in only 30 months between 1893 to 1895. |
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In 1889, the mine was the site of the area's worst mine disaster when 17 men were buried as the North Shaft collapsed. Three miners managed to escape but it took years to recover the bodies of those who weren't so lucky. The last two remained buried for 12 years.
We couldn't find any online reference to this mining disaster, so, thanks to the Native Daughters of the Golden West, this little monument (and this waymark) might as well be the only reminder of fourteen souls claimed by the Gold Rush.
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Disaster Date: 08/01/1889
Date of dedication: 05/01/1998
Memorial Sponsors: Native Daughters of the Golden West, Ruby Parlor
Disaster Type: Technological
Parking Coordinates: Not Listed
Relevant Website: Not listed
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