Altoona PA Gold Mine

[jeff of pa]

The Columbian. (Bloomsburg, Pa.), 09 Dec. 1897.



Juniata sentinel and Republican. (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.), 02 Feb. 1898

 

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[Bumbalawski]

Some more info.

 

[Bumbalawski]

If there was anything there, it looks like it might now be under water.

 

[jeff of pa]

earliest report I can find

Juniata sentinel and Republican. (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.), 07 April 1880



Juniata sentinel and Republican. (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, April 07, 1880, Image 3 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress

 

[Bumbalawski]

Strange how reservoirs are built near these places of old.

 

[Bumbalawski]

Another Mill Run in Pa. This is a town called Mill Run with a stream near it by the same name. Perhaps this could be the location instead of Altoona. A friend suggested this, "Why would they be using copper tools to mine gold? If it were a coal mine, I could maybe see using copper because of the potential for gas and dust explosions. The only gold I would expect to see in that location would be fool’s gold. The location could very well have an occurance of pyrite. Pyrite looks really pretty in the pan, but it ain’t gold". This would make sense since the Mill Run Pa has coal associated with it but the Altoona location does not.

 

[Bill W.]

Mill Run is a section of Altoona. 31st Street turns into Mill Run and ends where it meets Route 36. It does have a stream down through it called Mill Run.

-Bill

 

[Dream on Don]

Based on the info, the site appears to be located due west of Mapleton about 1 1/2 to 2 miles near the thousand steps at Jack's Mountain (along SR 22).

 

[Dream on Don]

This is quite interesting; anyone do exploritory detecting in the Singer article?