Photo Date: 
06/15/2014
Empire Mine was once California's most productive gold mine.
Photo Date: 
06/15/2014
Live blacksmithing at Empire Mine.
Photo Date: 
11/09/2013
Exposed earth of the "diggins" mining pit at Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park.
Photo Date: 
11/09/2013
High pressure water monitors were once used to blast the hillsides in search of gold. Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park.
Photo Date: 
11/09/2013
The historic Bridgeport Covered Bridge in South Yuba River State Park.
Photo Date: 
06/18/2014
Highway 49 was named in honor of the gold rush. The highway's crossing at the S crossing at the South Fork Yuba River offers visitors a scenic destination to cool off on warm days.
Photo Date: 
11/09/2013
The old flumes of the Independence Trail have been converted into the trail itself.
Photo Date: 
11/09/2013
Viewpoints above the South Fork Yuba River along the Point Defiance Loop Trail.
Photo Date: 
06/16/2014
Sardine Lake is a nice stopover in Lakes Basin.
Photo Date: 
06/17/2014
The Bear Lakes Loop Trail passes by the site of an old stamp mill gold mine above Round Lake.
Photo Date: 
09/21/2013
Early morning calm on Jamison Lake.