Category: Mine Museums and Tours

Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park is the site of California”s largest “hydraulic” mine. Visitors can see huge cliffs carved by mighty streams of water, results of the gold mining technique of washing away entire mountains to find gold. Click Here for More Information on Malakoff Diggins State Historical Park [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPeu46CVCDg[/embedyt] [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”39.406489,-120.923767″ zoom=”6″…

The Kennedy Gold Mine is one of the deepest gold mines in the world, but only the surface portion of the mine and accompanying buildings can be toured. Click Here for More Information on the Kennedy Gold Mine [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrcElnl7WMI[/embedyt] [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”38.370463,-120.779057″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”Kennedy Gold Mine Tours, Kennedy Mine Road, Jackson,…

The museum contains exhibits on the granite industry, the family who operated the quarry, and the history of the Penryn-Loomis Basin area. Click Here for More Information on the Griffith Quarry Museum [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”38.850837900,-121.164468500″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”Griffith Quarry Park and Museum, 7501 Rock Springs Road in Penryn, California”]

A mineyard tour addresses the gold mining process, mine statistics, mining equipment, the use of mules and the miners themselves.  underground mine tours are expected to be conducted beginning in mid-2013. Click Here for More Information on the Empire Mine State Historic Park [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1EOTurD94c[/embedyt] [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”39.212571,-121.045647″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”Empire Mine State…