Hooperville, a former

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camp, near Fort Jones in the 1850s in

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. Its site lies at an elevation of 3054 feet, (931 m). The village site is on Indian Creek road, and Schoolhouse Gap fort jones ca. There are a few mines left (private) and the obvious remains of the stamp mill footings.

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Former populated places in Siskiyou County, California Ghost towns in California {{SiskiyouCountyCA-geo-stub