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Enterprise is a former mining camp in Amador County, California. It is located 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west-northwest of Fiddletown, on Big Indian Creek,[2] at an elevation of 876 feet (267 m). Established to mine quartz, at its peak it had a population of around a hundred, but the prospects did not pan out, and there are only a few houses in the area now.[3]

Enterprise
Unincorporated community
Enterprise
Location in California
Enterprise
Enterprise (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°32′25″N 120°50′50″W
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyAmador County
Elevation
[1]
876 ft (267 m)

References


  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Enterprise, Amador County, California
  2. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 482. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. Mason, Jesse D. (1881). History of Amador County, California: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Oackland, California: Thompson & West. p. 233. Retrieved 2020-05-28.


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