Plumas County covers an the far northern extent of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, and includes several very rich gold deposits. This area was being mined not long after the initial discovery of gold in California. Within a few short years, major mining operations were in place. There are many large hard rock mines throughout […]
The Dale Mining District serves as an excellent example of how the hope for making a fortune from by striking it rich by recovering gold will draw people to hostile climates where they would rationally never want to live. The District would later confirm that nobody would put up with the privations of living in […]
Earning a fortune in life has never been easy, however with much focus and determination to succeed, a lot of people have managed to attain good success by being extra vigilant to opportunities when they present themselves. Such was the case in the late 1840s when the rush for gold began. The Yuba River was […]
It’s no surprise that there are some great gold prospecting areas around Sacramento. In fact, the city can probably own its existence to the California Gold Rush, which occurred in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the east. Thousands and thousands of miners made their living during the last century. There isn’t as much large-scale mining […]
Sierra City, California – A Bad Start 1850, one of the earlier years of California Gold Rush, the state gets flooded with prospectors but all the most popular claims in Sutter’s Mill and such towns are already taken and people begin to scatter all over the Sierra Nevada to look for new gold strikes. […]
The Mojave Desert is large and unforgiving region in Northwestern Arizona, Southern California and Southern Nevada. Throughout its vast 50,000-mile territory, it has only one river, the Colorado River. The water that pours from rains is barely enough to keep the scanty flora of this region alive. The desert is bordered by high mountain ranges. […]
The famous Mother Lode region in California is an area that extends roughly 120 miles long and 1 – 4 miles wide through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Mother Lode covers an area that includes El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, and Mariposa Counties. Within this area, there are literally thousands of mines and prospects, most […]
California is one of the most gold rich states in the U.S. and a simple gold pan is an excellent way to find a little color. Since 1848, there abundance of gold in California has been well known, and even today there are huge amounts of gold left to be recovered. Unfortunately, recent bans on […]
The California Gold Rush of 1848, which began with the discovery at Sutter’s Mill, was of course the largest gold strike in the country, and to this day California is one of the richest gold producing states in the nation. There is just too much information to fit in this small space, and we would […]