Mine · Sierra County, California, United States

Telegraph Mine

Telegraph Mine is a closed mine in Sierra County, California, United States, owned by Telegraph LLC.

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

Fact	Value	Source
Name in the source	TELEGRAPH MINE	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Location	Sierra County	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Closed (abandoned)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Commodities	gold (mainly gold)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Owner	Telegraph LLC (controls the operator)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Saddleback, LLC	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Employees	5 people (annual average, in 2023)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Mine type	Underground	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	39.6189, -120.8678	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

Research on this mine and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its permits, resources and offtake, and an introduction to the owner.

Within 50 km of this mine: 31 water rights (23 active), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
South Fork Feather River municipal and irrigation right A001651	Water right	145,508 acre-ft/year	Permitted	17 km
Butte County power right A014112	Water right	217,193 acre-ft/year	Active	22 km
Lost Creek municipal and irrigation right A002979	Water right	133,936 acre-ft/year	Permitted	24 km