MALAKOFF DIGGINS STATE HISTORICAL PARK (NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA)

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.

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