Butte - California Ghost Town

BUTTE

NAME: Butte
COUNTY: Amador
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map):
CLIMATE: Cold winter, warm summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT:Anytime

COMMENTS: Located about 1 1/2 miles south of Jackson on sr49. No residents. Remains: Ruins of old stone Ginocchio store.
REMAINS: One Building

The Ginocchio store is all that remains of what was once Butte City, a thriving 1850's mining camp in the mother lode country. As early as 1854, Xavier Benoist had a store and bakery in this building. For a time, Butte City, located at the south side of Butte Basin, which was a section rich in auriferous deposits, rivaled it's close neighbor, Jackson. Today, the spot is typical of the many ghost towns reminiscent of California's early mining activity. A roofless stone building stands mutely beside the highway, in the midst of open fields where once a thousand miners' cabins stood. On the hill above, a lonely graveyard where long forgotten miners lie buried. Butte Peak, a high conical mountain visible for miles in all directions, still stands as sentinal. Submitted by bob stelow. Butte Courtesy Bob Stelow	Two-story stone shell of the Butte Store, the lone remnant of the mining camp of Butte Courtesy Dolores Steele Butte City Drawing Courtesy Chris Geigle

The Ginocchio store is all that remains of what was once Butte City, a thriving 1850's mining camp in the mother lode country. As early as 1854, Xavier Benoist had a store and bakery in this building. For a time, Butte City, located at the south side of Butte Basin, which was a section rich in auriferous deposits, rivaled it's close neighbor, Jackson. Today, the spot is typical of the many ghost towns reminiscent of California's early mining activity. A roofless stone building stands mutely beside the highway, in the midst of open fields where once a thousand miners' cabins stood. On the hill above, a lonely graveyard where long forgotten miners lie buried. Butte Peak, a high conical mountain visible for miles in all directions, still stands as sentinal. Submitted by bob stelow.

Butte
Courtesy Bob Stelow

Two-story stone shell of the Butte Store, the lone remnant of the mining camp of Butte
Courtesy Dolores Steele

Butte City Drawing
Courtesy Chris Geigle

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