Enterprise, Amador County, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

38°32′25″N 120°50′50″W / 38.54028°N 120.84722°W / 38.54028; -120.84722

Unincorporated community in California, United States

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Coordinates: 38°32′25″N 120°50′50″W / 38.54028°N 120.84722°W / 38.54028; -120.84722CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaCountyAmador CountyElevation

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876 ft (267 m)

Enterprise is a former mining camp in Amador County, California. It is located 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west-northwest of Fiddletown, on Big Indian Creek,^[2] at an elevation of 876 feet (267 m). Established to mine quartz, at its peak it had a population of around a hundred, but the prospects did not pan out, and there are only a few houses in the area now.^[3]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Enterprise, Amador County, California
^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 482. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
^ Mason, Jesse D. (1881). History of Amador County, California: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Oackland, California: Thompson & West. p. 233. Retrieved May 28, 2020.