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Forepaugh Main Shaft [aka Four Paugh or Fore Paw]
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Info Last updated: 08.02.2026 (19:19:09)
Id No. (Mine / 1902 map):
286
Type:
Mine
Date Located / Formed:
Location:
Squaw Mountain
Location Map Description:
Discovery / Formed by:
    Status:
    Unknown
    Fate details:
    Owned by:
    • J. T. Burkholder, Trustee
      -> 1894-01-31 [claim Map]
    • Thomas G. Willis
      -> 1895-05-29 [Contract & Option to]
    • James B. Carnes
      -> 1895-05-29 [Contract & Option]
    • Forepaugh Gold Mining Company
      -> 1900 [reported As Owner]
      -> 1901-01 [reported As Owner]
    Known claims:
    • Noble County Lode - 8719
    • Four Paugh Lode - 8719
    Claim Links:
    Location Claim Description:
    Patented Date:
    Mineral Certificate No.:
    0
    General Land Office No.:
    0
    Known Transportation Connection:
      Extra Info/Details [Linked at One Time to the Entity]:
      Vertical Shaft
      Known Producing Info:
      General notes:
      This ID 286 mark is named Forepaugh on the 1903ish USGS topomap Map Legend, a legend which appears on the left side of the map BTW. This Shaft is not found on the 1906ish USGS Principal Underground Workings map, so it can't have been that large operation. Neither is that Shaft seen on the Plat Map of the claim group it is located on, making it newer than the date of December 22, 1893, when it was Surveyed by John S. Luckraft as per info on Plat Map.
      graphic for visual presentation of text -> Shaft is named after the company, Forepaugh Gold Mining Co., but is physically located on the Noble County Lode part of this claim group, more or less along the east sideline of the Fore Paugh Lode claim, in the northern part of the claims, which overlaps just west and north of this Shaft.
      graphic for visual presentation of text —> Maybe I can revisit this in the future. That is if I ever come across better map(s) to help identify shafts shown on the topomap. Please share if you have map(s) helping us all become better educated, as without maps I doubt I ever will figure out more than what I find in the tidbits section of textual stuff, related to this Shaft.