Toadtown, California

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39°53′17″N 121°35′26″W / 39.88806°N 121.59056°W / 39.88806; -121.59056

Toadtown
Toadtown is located in California
Toadtown
Toadtown
Location in California
Toadtown is located in the United States
Toadtown
Toadtown
Toadtown (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°53′17″N 121°35′26″W / 39.88806°N 121.59056°W / 39.88806; -121.59056
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyButte County
Elevation2,782 ft (848 m)

Toadtown (formerly, Allentown) is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California. It lies at an elevation of 2782 feet (848 m).

A sawmill was established near Toadtown, on Little Butte Creek, in 1859. A major underground gold mine at the site began a few years later, and had a ball mill for crushing hard gold-bearing rock.[2] The El Monte mine made a strike of high-grade ore in September, 1930, which yielded several hundred dollars and some good specimens.[3] All traces of mining activity were gone by 1970.[2]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Toadtown, California
  2. ^ a b Colby, Robert; McDonald, Lois (2005). Magalia to Stirling City. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. p. 69. ISBN 0-7385-3018-2.
  3. ^ "El Monte Mine (Toadtown Mine; el Monte Toadtown), Lovelock, Magalia Mining District, Butte Co., California, USA". www.mindat.org. Retrieved February 3, 2015.