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Silver Bar Road is seven-mile loop of Ben Hur Road in the Sierra Nevada foothills southern Mariposa County.  This mostly dirt surface rural corridor is named after the Silver Bar Mine which once located in the vicinity of Lookout Mountain.  John Hite was known to have petitioned the Mariposa County Board of Supervisors to construct a roadway local silver mines in 1885 but was met with rejection.  Nonetheless modern Silver Bar Road appears on maps shortly after Hite's petition.  Part 1; the history of Silver Bar Road Silver Bar Road is named after the Silver Bar Mine .  The historic location of the Silver Bar Mine location is not fully clear other than it was located a short distance from Lookout Mountain northeast of the community of Ben Hur.  The Silver Bar Mine and Silver Lane Mine are the only two known significant silver strikes within Mariposa County.  Numerous modern mining claims filed as " Silver Bar " are centered around property near the inte...