Taylorsville

Walker Mine in Taylorsville, California

Reports vary, but the deposits worked by the Walker mine are said to have been (re?)discovered in 1909 and then worked from 1911 to ca. 1943. The primary product was copper, an important industrial metal by the early 20th century. A mill on-site processed the ore into concentrates, which were then shipped out for further processing into copper metal (and byproducts such as silver). A company to…