Dedrick

A mining town was settled here on Corral Bar in 1890 and named after Chloride Mine locator Dan C. Dedrick. The post office was established May 4, 1891. By 1902 the town had a school, 2 stores, 2 hotels, a restaurant, lodging house, livery, assay house, 3 saloons, and many homes. 200 men were employed in mines in the area, including Buck’s Ranch, Ralston, Annie, Maple, Mason-Thayer, Chloride-Bailey, and the Globe. The Globe assayed at $750 per ton on Sept. 20, 1890. The Globe and the Chloride used tramline buckets to bring ore to two mills on Canyon Creek. The 40 stamp Globe mill was 20 stories tall. Mining activity slowed by the mid-1920’s because of a lack of ore, Dedrick faded, and the post office closed December 31, 1941.

California · United States