Blue Mountain City, California
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Blue Mountain City is a former settlement in Calaveras County, California,[1] along Licking Fork, approximately 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Mountain Ranch.[2] The town was built on a flat bench of land above the mining camp which perched on a steep canyon slope on the west side of Licking Fork, just over a mile downstream from the headwaters.[3] The town was first announced in January, 1863.[4] The Heckendorn Gold and Silver Mining Company was organized by July, with C. C. Bowman as its secretary.[5] A post office operated in Blue Mountain from 1863 to 1864.[2][6][7][8]
Blue Mountain is also the name of a mining district located 10 miles southeast of West Point, California that includes the Black Wonder, Gold King and Heckendorn mines.[9]
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