Tumco Mines
The original claim to these mines was located by Peter Walters in 1884. Tumco received its name from the initial letters of a company which later purchased the properties, "The United Mines Co." The mines were closed down about 1914. During operations, the largest stamp mill in the United States was located here. Tumco is now a ghost town.
1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.
Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗
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Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)
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