1962 Map of Amador City

About this map

Gold mining operations define the landscape of this Mother Lode corridor in the early 1960s, showing a dense concentration of quartz mines and tunnels stretching between Sutter Creek and Plymouth. The map documents the extensive industrial footprint of the era, from the massive Old Eureka Mine and Central Eureka Mine near Sutter Hill to the Keystone Mine and Bunker Hill Mine further north. Extensive areas marked as Tailings and the presence of a complex Aqueduct, Canal, and Ditch system highlight the massive scale of earth and water movement required for regional mineral extraction.