Washington Mine

Washington Mine is an underground gold mine in Shasta County, California, near French Gulch. MSHA lists its status as active since Apr 4, 2011 and records 8 employees. It is one of 11 gold mines in California that are not marked abandoned, and the only one in Shasta County; by employees it ranks 5 of 10 in the state.

Facts

MSHA status
Active since Apr 4, 2011
Type
Underground
County
Shasta County
State
California
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management
Nearest town
French Gulch
Employees reported
8
Operator
French Gulch (Nevada) Mining Corp
Coordinates
40.7181, -122.6808
MSHA mine ID
0403425

Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.

This location is mapped as federal land. Public land is not an invitation to enter a working mine or old workings. Ask the managing agency about access, claims and closures.

History and geology (USGS)

USGS site name
St. Jude
USGS status
Past producer
Commodities
Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Output size
small (USGS class)

Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10034485 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.