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San Bernardino County Mining History
Later Mining History of the Mescal Range, Ivanpah Mountains and south Clark Mountain
Mohawk Mine
The Mohawk Mine, owned by the Ivanpah Smelting Company, was probably first worked in conjunction with the Copper World Mine. In
1900 the mine was surveyed for patent, at which time there were several hundred feet of underground workings. L. D. Godshall and
the Cocopah Mining Company owned the mine by 1908. The company operated it during World War I, until at least 1921. In 1918 the
claims were resurveyed and patented as was the Rosalie millsite. During this period 2,893 tons of lead-copper-silver-zinc ore was
produced which had a value of $70,000. The ore was hauled to the railroad at Cima. Only ore which ran over 16 percent lead was
shipped. The mine remained idle until 1942 when the property was leased from Godshall by Emerson Ray and S.D. Greenwood. The mine
produced continuously between 1944 and 1952.

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