In 1896 an appropriations bill to purchase the Great Sierra Wagon Road was proposed but never gained traction in the House of Representatives. As the years wore on the Great Sierra Wagon Road remained in periodic use but began to fall into disrepair due to a lack of maintenance. The Great Sierra Wagon Road was intended to be a tolled facility but there is no records of any money actually being collected. The Great Sierra Wagon Road never truly saw it's intended traffic load as the Tioga Mining District shuttered operations during mid-year 1884. In July of 1882 the California & Yosemite Short Line Railroad was incorporated with the intended goal of also building a rail line to the Tioga Mining District.īy September of 1883 the Great Sierra Wagon Road had been completed east from the Big Oak Flat Road to the Tioga Mining District. In 1882 the Great Sierra Company authorized a survey for a wagon road and railroad to the mines of Tioga Ridge which was completed by August during said year. The "Great Sierra Wagon Road" was proposed by the Great Sierra Company which had an estimated cost of $17,000 dollars in 1881 to build a road from the Big Oak Flat Road near Crane Flat east to the Tioga Peak mines. The mines at Tioga Ridge were initially accessible by way of trails through Lundy Canyon and Bloody Pass. Tioga Pass can be seen as "McLanes Pass" on the 1868 California Geological Survey Map of the Sierra Nevada Mountains near the vicinity of Yosemite Valley. By 1881 the Great Sierra Consolidated Silver Company ("Great Sierra Company") bought out all the mining claims on Tioga Ridge. By 1880 the mining community of Dana at the site of the Great Sierra Mine had become large enough to warrant Post Office Service. Claims at Tioga Ridge were formally organized in 1878 which led to the establishment of the Tioga Mining District. Brusky wasn't able to obtain a sizeable piece of ore to bring to an assay until 1877. The Sheepherder silver claim was rediscovered in 1875 (1874 according to the Division of Highways) by William Brusky Jr. The 1860 discovery of silver was not initially exploited and the finding largely fell into obscurity.
Tioga Pass first obtained noteworthiness when a mining expedition discovered silver at the Sheepherder Mine on Tioga Ridge during 1860.
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Send Mother Lode News Story photos to Caltrans traffic information for Highway’s 4, 49, 59, 108, and 120 plus a view of traffic on other Mother Lode roads and gas prices click on “Traffic” or keyword: traffic For an overview of extreme weather news stories go here.Part 1 the history of the Tioga Pass Road Report breaking news, traffic or weather to our News Hotline (209) 532-6397. Sign up for our Breaking News Alerts and the Daily Newsletters by clicking here. When the roadway does reopen to traffic, “visitors can expect short delays due to traffic lights at damaged locations, and longer delays when contractors are making repairs, say state park officials. Extensive repairs and Hantavirus inspections to buildings.Removing trees in danger of falling onto the road.Clearing snow from side roads and parking lots and boulders from Tioga Road.Park’s road officials provided the following work that is still in progress before the road can completely reopen: Tioga Road will open when sanitation and public safety requirements are met.”
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Park officials advised, “The park is contracting for portable toilets and pumping of vault toilets. The wastewater treatment plant cannot operate until the liner is repaired and the groundwater level lowers. They added, “We are optimistic it will open before the end of July.” One of the problems discovered by crews is a torn line at the sewage ponds. While it is clear of snow all the way to Highway 120 Tioga Pass, Tioga Road will not reopen this weekend, according to Yosemite officials. Yosemite, CA – Yosemite National Park road crews are updating work being done to repair Tioga Road so it can hopefully reopen before August.
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