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Along Trail Creek...
This location was once known as; "The Short Hardrock and Placer Mines".

The Short Mine (quartz)
Located here, on Trail Creek, a tributary to the South Fork of the Salmon River.  Developments consisted of a 100 ft. shaft and a 140 ft. tunnel; The vein showed an average width of about 18 inches.

The Short Mine (placer)
Located here, on Trail Creek, a tributary to the South Fork of the Salmon River. The creek was worked for its placer.

Report of the State Mineralogist by California State Mining Bureau,1896.


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The Trail Creek Gold Mines