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Bulletins Here Soon! This district is in north-central San Diego
County in the general vicinity of the towns of Julian and Banner
about 50 miles northeast of San Diego. It is at the north end of
a belt of gold mineralization that extends south and southwest
through the Cuyamaca, Deer Park and Pine Valley districts.
Placer mining may have been first done here in the 1840s. The
first lode claims, the George Washington and Van Wert, were
located in 1870, and the Julian mining district was organized in
that same year, named for Mike Julian, the recorder. Many other
claims were located soon afterward. The greatest period of
mining activity was from 1870 to 1880, a peak output of $500,000
having been attained in 1874. There was another period of
activity from 1888, when the Gold King and Gold Queen mines were
discovered, until about 1896. Since then there has been
intermittent exploration and development work, particularly at
the Golden Chariot and other