Mining Ruins

Mining Ruins is a historic site in Fresno County, San Joaquin Valley, California. Mining Ruins is situated nearby to Wishon Reservoir, as well as near Lost Peak.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Helms Pumped Storage Plant.

Power station

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The Helms Pumped Storage Plant is located 50 miles east of Fresno, California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range's Sierra National Forest. It is a power station that uses Helms Creek canyon on the North Fork of the Kings River for off-river water storage and the pumped-storage hydroelectric method to generate electricity. Helms Pumped Storage Plant is situated 1¼ miles north of Mining Ruins.

Latitude

37.02086° or 37° 1′ 15″ north

Longitude

-118.95909° or 118° 57′ 33″ west

Open location code

859322CR+89

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=mining_ruins

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