Belfort was a mining camp in the 1880s.
It was located east-northeast of
Fales Hot Springs
Fales Hot Springs is a hot spring in the Sonora Junction area of Mono County, eastern California.
The property is privately owned, doubling as a personal residence, and is not open to the public.
It is located in the eastern Sierra Nevada, at ...
,
at an elevation of 10210 feet (3112 m)
in the
Sweetwater Mountains
The Sweetwater Mountains (highest peak: Mount Patterson ) are a small mountain range in northern Mono County, California and western Lyon County, Nevada, separating the West Walker River from the East Walker River. Most of the range is only acce ...
.
Mining activity for silver and gold continued into the 1890s.
References
Former settlements in Mono County, California
Former populated places in California
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