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1948 Map of Chinese Camp

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Chinese Camp
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

Chinese Camp serves as a northern anchor for this 1940s landscape, which is heavily shaped by the industrial remnants of the Mother Lode gold region. The map captures an era when mining infrastructure still dominated the local topography, featuring concentrated activity along Woods Creek such as the Eagle-Shawmut Mine, its associated Eagle-Shawmut Mill, and the Mammoth Mine. The southern portion of the quadrangle is defined by the Tuolumne River and the expanding waters of the Don Pedro Reservoir.

Significant engineering works are evident throughout the Red Hills and surrounding terrain, most notably the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct and the Red Mountain Bar Siphon. This survey reveals the settlement patterns of the late 1940s, from the rail operations at Hetch Hetchy Junc to the riverfront location of Jacksonville before later reservoir expansions changed the river's character. Local landmarks like Crimea House and Taylor Hill provide important points of reference for genealogists tracing family lands in Tuolumne County.