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Friday, Jun 28, 2013

Gold Country Museum

Slide show of the Gold Country Museum

    

Gold Country Fairgrounds
1273 High Street, Auburn, CA (530) 889-6500

Open Tuesday through Sunday
11:00 am – 4:00 pm; closed Holidays

Admission Free

To schedule a group tour, call (530) 889-6500

The Gold Country Museum, housed in a historic Works Progress Administration (WPA) building, interprets the rich history of the gold rush in Placer County.

Many different methods of mining gold are explored in the exhibits of this museum. Your tour of the museum begins with an expedition through a replicated hard rock mine. Once you leave the dark tunnel behind, you’ll find a stamp mill and an assay office. It’s here that gold was processed from the raw material removed from the mines.

Exhibits of a miner’s cabin and a mining camp saloon where a game of Faro is underway provide glimpses into the lives of miners.

Using our many displays and indoor gold panning stream, museum docents will help you explore the most common methods of finding gold, from simple panning to hard rock and hydraulic mining.

For those who want a first-hand gold mining experience we have an indoor panning stream where we offer gold panning lessons.

 

              

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