A gold mine. Eagle's Nest was a discovery pit at the top and some adits lower down in a five level deposit of crystallized gold.
The De Maria Mine is also on this deposit.
The Mystery Wind Mine does not exist (Dona Leicht, pers. comm.) and is a made-up name from highgraders. Mystery Wind specimens should be labelled Eagle's Nest.
At the time (circa 1990) Eagles Nest was also a made up locality and the rumour was started that Mystery Wind specimens were stolen. The Myatery Wind miner was very discrete acting through intermediaries and putting a ban on contact with the Leichts! So something was fishy. However there was far too much material produced over too long a period to be the work of highgraders and one of the intermediaries subsequently identified the mine owner as the source. (Rob Woodside, pers. comm.)
Ref.:
- Mineralogical Record (1989): 20(5): 387.
- Leicht, W. and Cook, R. (2004). "The Eagle's Nest mine, Placer County, California." The Mineralogical Record: 35(1): 65-72.
Mineral List:4 entries listed. 4 valid minerals.
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