Silver Mountain (also, Kongsberg, Konigsberg,Both Köngsberg and Silver Mountain City) is a former settlement in Alpine County,

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. It was located on Silver Creek north-northeast of

Ebbetts Pass Ebbetts Pass (el. ), named after John Ebbetts, is a high mountain pass through the Sierra Nevada range in Alpine County, California. Ebbetts is the eastern of two passes in the area traversed by State Route 4. The western pass is the Pacific Grad ...

, at an elevation of 6411 feet (1954 m). Silver Mountain was founded in 1858 by Norwegian miners who named the place Köngsberg or Konigsberg. Within a year, the town had a population of around 3,000. The Konigsberg post office opened in 1863, closed a while in 1864, was renamed Silver Mountain in 1865, and closed for good in 1883. By 1886, the mines were no longer productive and the town was abandoned. Silver Mountain was the first county seat of Alpine County, when the County was formed in 1864. The county seat was moved to Markleeville in 1875.

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* Former settlements in Alpine County, California Former populated places in California Former county seats in California Norwegian-American culture in California {{AlpineCountyCA-geo-stub