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Location and History: The Dale or Virginia Dale gold-mining district is in southern San Bernardino and northern Riverside County about 18 miles E of Twentynine Palms. It includes the area known as the Pinto Basin mining district.
The Dale or Virginia Dale gold-mining district is in southern San Bernardino and northern Riverside County about 18 miles east of Twentynine Palms. It includes the area known as the Pinto Basin mining district.
The Dale or Virginia Dale gold-mining district is in southern San Bernardino and northern Riverside County about 18 miles east of Twentynine Palms. It includes the area known as the Pinto Basin mining district.
The Virginia Dale Mine, located near Twentynine Palms, California, is situated in the Virginia Dale-Pinto Basin Mining District, which is currently included in the Joshua Tree Wilderness. This mining site was initially found in 1896.
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Record Type: Site Operation Category: Past Producer Operation Type: Unknown Discovery Year: 1896 Years of Production: Organization: Significant: Y Deposit Size:S
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province Physiographic Section:Sonoran Desert
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SEVERAL LOCATIONS Comment (Deposit): 3 PARALLEL VEINS, 150 FT. APART AND 4-6 FT. THICK Comment (Workings): 70 DEG. INCLINE ON MIDDLE VEIN TO DEPTH OF 350 FT. DRIFTS ON 100 FT. AND 200 FT. LEVELS DEVELOPED ON 3 ORE SHOOTS 50-100 FT. LONG. 40-TON MILL Comment (Deposit): 7 CLAIMS, 2 OF WHICH ARE PATENTED. PRINCIPAL PERIODS...
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 83, 85-86
Located 15 miles southeast of 29 Palms, miners were drawn to the area as early as 1881 by reports of gold in the Pinto Mountains. By its peak production period in 1898 there were as many as 3,000 miners within the district.
The Dale or Virginia Dale gold-mining district is in southern San Bernardino and northern Riverside County about 18 miles east of Twentynine Palms. It includes the area known as the Pinto Basin mining district.
