Bornite (Peacock Copper)
Superior Mine


Ruen Drilling Inc. Clark Fork, ID. 
core drilling at the Engels Mine
The Company was established when Henry A. Engels and his family settled on Lights Creek at the Superior Mine on September 1, 1880. They discovered the Engels Mine and incorporated on June 19,1901. The company became publicly owned (symbol CAEN) with the building of the first all flotation copper mill in the United States in 1914. The Engels and Superior Mines were the largest copper producer in California during 1914-1930. 


Rob Wetzel, 
Project Geologist, 
sampling in the 
Superior Mine


Engelmine Forest 
California Tree Farm #2611
The Lights Creek Mining District of the Plumas Copper Belt is an iron oxide-copper-gold hydrothermal system. The company leased its mineral resources to Sheffield Resources Ltd. Vancouver, B.C., on April 18, 2006, retaining the  rights to manage its tree farm, Engelmine Forest.

For lessee information, please see:
 SHEFFIELD RESOURCES LTD.
 Website: www.sheffieldresources.com

  

CALIFORNIA-ENGELS
MINING COMPANY
 117 Crescent Street
PO Box 778
Greenville, CA 95947
(530)-284-6191

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