Ocean View Mine

Also: The Ocean View, Ocean View Quartz Mine

quartz gold patented 1911-

Located by Dudley Plaskett in May 1911 after he traced nuggets up Plaskett Creek to a landslide exposing gold-bearing quartz. Worked under lease by Billy Cruickshank, Jim 'Trickle' and John Bushnell. Patented; per Mabel later held by the heirs of William E. Plaskett.

Overall confidence Strongly supported Location Approximate

Discovery

By Dudley Plaskett · 1911 Strongly supported

Ownership & work

Dudley Plaskett discovered/located 1911 Strongly supported
plaskett-bros-mining-co owned 1911 Strongly supported
Leonidas Hamlin Plaskett owned (transfer to L.M. Plaskett) 1912 Approximate
John Bushnell leased/worked Strongly supported

Production

~$30,000 first run; close to $100,000 total from the Ocean View/Lilac/Blackberry group (family estimate) Family tradition

People

Location

Mine location · Approximate
35.9000, -121.4300

The circle shows the position’s uncertainty — this is an approximate placeholder, not a surveyed point. Toggle the 1921 USGS map to compare.

Historic map

USGS Los Burros district map, 1921

Opacity

USGS, 1921 (public domain) — via Wikimedia Commons; original from the Los Burros Mining & Historical Society.

Alignment: approximate — single-anchor placement, not yet georeferenced. Use the slider to judge the fit.

Private-property risk — do not enter. Patented (private) claim on Plaskett Ridge.

⚠ Abandoned workings; private/patented land.

Research notes

Ownership: reconcile 'passed to L.M. Plaskett in 1912' with 'now owned by the heirs of William E. Plaskett' (see DISCREPANCIES.md).

Sources

Mabel Plaskett, “Pacific Valley Gold Claims Still Producing,” The Land, June 1960. family history
“The Los Burros Mining District and the Lost Town of Manchester,” plaskett.family. family history