Hi Ed!! Good Memory!! Sounds like a field trip to the area might be in order-----I would really enjoy that if you would be able to show me the area. Sounds like you are better able to identify old remnants that I would be- Smelters, boilers,etc....I fear all I would be able to identify and categorize is "old metal stuff":-)!! Thanks Ed for the information and I'll be in touch - BEFORE the snakes come out! Best, Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: Edward and Lyn Wade <betsy@sierratel.com> To: Carolyn Feroben <Sweetwater@sierratel.com>; CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com <CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, April 21, 2001 3:38 PM Subject: Re: [CAMARIPO] MOUNT OPHIR MINT MYTH >Hello Carolyn, >Regarding the Mt. Opher Mine and possible mint, >I recall seeing a small rock building on the hill about a block west of the >creek, that may have been used for a smelter. This was more than forty >years ago. At that time, there was also the remains of a boiler. >Ed >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Carolyn Feroben" <Sweetwater@sierratel.com> >To: <CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 4:41 PM >Subject: [CAMARIPO] MOUNT OPHIR MINT MYTH > > >You will find references in various treasure magazines and online sites that >there was a Mint at Mount Ophir- in fact the illustrious clampers even put a >dedication to" the mint" in 1936---- > >Most of the locals and others do not support the fact that there ever was a >mint there at all. I will be doing some research of the materials at the >History Center on this subject- > >Here is the Malakoff site on the subject- > >http://malakoff.com/moar.htm >Assorted Ruins > > Assorted ruins are scattered about the area >here, on both sides of the creek. Some sources >allege that one of these ruins housed a private >mint operated by John L. Moffat, where he >supposedly struck some of the famous >octangular $50 gold "slugs" prized by collectors >of California Territorial gold. Alas, this is not so. >While Moffat was a major stockholder in the >Merced Mining Company, which had purchased >"Quartz" Johnson's Mount Ophir mine on >March 4 of 1851, there is no evidence to >support the story of a mint being located at Mount Ophir. The confusion >probably arises from the >fact that while Moffat was an owner in the Merced Mining Company, he was >also still the principal in >Moffat & Co., a private mint located in San Francisco which was producing >the $50 gold pieces >under contract for the U. S. Assay Office. > >Carolyn > > >==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== >If you have any good California History or Genealogy Links let us know! > > > >