Stockwell Mine - California - Gold Rush Expeditions - 2014
Channel: Gold Rush Expeditions, Inc.
Date: 2014-01-15

The Stockwell Mine boasts over 7,500 feet of workings. The discovery was made around 1897. In the 1920's the the claim was acquired by B. P. Greenleaf and Billey Norvell, who organized the Stockwell mining company. In 1924 Mr. Ed Teagle bought the property from the Stockwell Mining Company for $100,000 (over 1.4 million in today's money). From 1924 to 1933 little besides assessment work was done. In 1933 mining began and between 1933 and 1936, 22 men were employed. In 1941 a new mill was erected but the mine was closed by the war production board in 1942. In 1950 the mine was rehabilitated and there has been activity at the mine from then until at least 1975. In 2014 the claim was staked by Gold Rush Expeditions and sold to a private party.