California gold mining display at the natural history Museum in Balboa Park San Diego.
Many people do not realize that not only gold was mind in San Diego, but also San Diego has some major tourmaline mines. (more…)
This original documentary showcases the historical significance California’s Gold Rush played in launching the largest mass migration in U.S. history and establishing California as the 31st state.
Exploration of gold in the hills of northern California.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
In the United States, Mother Lode is most famously the name given to a long alignment of hard-rock gold deposits stretching northwest-southeast in the Sierra Nevada of California. It was discovered in the early 1850s, during the California gold rush. The California Mother Lode is a zone from 1.5 to 6 kilometres (0.93 to 3.73 mi) wide and 190 kilometres (120 mi) long, between Georgetown on the north and Mormon Bar on the south. (more…)