Gold Bug Mine (Knob Group)

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From the California Journal of Mines and Geology, Vol. 47, No. 1, Jan. 1951:

Two unpatented claims, Knob No. 1 and Knob No. 2, are owned by Ernest A. and Owen F. Shafter, and the Kisk Estate, P.O. Box 1048, Trona, California.

This property, first located in 1893 by C. Anthony, was relocated by the present owners in 1940.

Gold-bearing quartz ore and associated lead carbonate, iron oxide, and pyrite occure at the intersections of a series of quartz veins and fractures. The deposit and workings are described by Sampson.

Ernest Shafter states that since 1940, about 700 tons of ore 3 feet wide and assaying $40 per ton has been developed. A 1750-foot aerial tramway also has been rebuilt.

The property is idle.