Mt. Bullion - California Ghost Town

MT. BULLION

NAME: Mt. Bullion
COUNTY: Mariposa
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 3
CLIMATE: Mild winter and summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.

COMMENTS: Semi-ghost
REMAINS: Many original buildings.

Mt. Bullion once had over 2000 residents who first started working the placer deposits in 1850. After the placer deposits played out they found veins of gold in quartz and continued mining. The Princeton mine once produced over $4,000,000 and was located just south of the town. Today, Trabucco's store is still open, the Princeton salon and Mount Bullion School buildings remain.	Mt. Bullion Courtey Dolores Steele Castle Building - 1850 --- Simpson & Trabucco Courtey Dolores Steele Mt. Bullion in 1854 Courtesy Chris Geigle Princeton Mill in Mt. Bullion Courtesy Chris Geigle

Mt. Bullion once had over 2000 residents who first started working the placer deposits in 1850. After the placer deposits played out they found veins of gold in quartz and continued mining. The Princeton mine once produced over $4,000,000 and was located just south of the town. Today, Trabucco's store is still open, the Princeton salon and Mount Bullion School buildings remain.

Mt. Bullion
Courtey Dolores Steele

Castle Building - 1850 --- Simpson & Trabucco
Courtey Dolores Steele

Mt. Bullion in 1854
Courtesy Chris Geigle

Princeton Mill in Mt. Bullion
Courtesy Chris Geigle

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