39°53′17″N 121°35′26″W / 39.88806°N 121.59056°W
Toadtown | |
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  Toadtown Location in California  Toadtown Toadtown (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 39°53′17″N 121°35′26″W / 39.88806°N 121.59056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Butte County |
| Elevation | 2,782 ft (848 m) |
Toadtown (formerly, Allentown) is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California. It lies at an elevation of 2782 feet (848 m).
A sawmill was established near Toadtown, on Little Butte Creek, in 1859. A major underground gold mine at the site began a few years later, and had a ball mill for crushing hard gold-bearing rock.[2] The El Monte mine made a strike of high-grade ore in September, 1930, which yielded several hundred dollars and some good specimens.[3] All traces of mining activity were gone by 1970.[2]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Toadtown, California
- ^ a b Colby, Robert; McDonald, Lois (2005). Magalia to Stirling City. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. p. 69. ISBN 0-7385-3018-2.
- ^ "El Monte Mine (Toadtown Mine; el Monte Toadtown), Lovelock, Magalia Mining District, Butte Co., California, USA". www.mindat.org. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
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