Picacho Mine

Named on San Benito Mountain 7.5' quadrangle at N36° 20.798; W120° 41.651 at 4342 feet. The Picacho mine was discovered in 1858 by Wiley Williams and Edward C. Tully. Averill states that small productions were made each year up to 1916 and also in 1940.

The mine was sometime known as Picachos and Los Picachos. It become known as the Ramirez Mine for a while after 1902 when it was operated by Ramirez Consolidated. It was called the Hernandez Mine after 1913 when it was operated by the Hernandez Quicksilver Mining Company. The last know work occurred in 1939.