GM from out east. I’ve spent the last few days exploring California’s Gold Rush towns - one of my favorite inflection points in U.S. history.

Empire Mine was one of the richest hard rock gold mines. Now it’s on a 800+ acre state park with peaceful forests and old industrial equipment you can just roam around.

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It’s also an interesting scene of ex Bay Area artist types, like if Haight Street took over a mining town.

Super cool and on my list to explore now!

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Weaverville is an old gold rush town that’s pretty chill. I am biased because I lived out that way in Hyampom for a few years. Weaverville was founded back in 1850 during the gold rush. Interesting history! The Shasta Trinity national forest is gorgeous too.

Where do you recommend? I’ve spent a lot of time north of Oroville, in the towns around Paradise. Feels more “real” (and rough) there.

It’s my first time in this area, which feels simultaneously more preserved and more touristy.

Sounds like a pretty cool fourth grade field trip.

Woah taking me back to a fourth grade feild trip! I can still smell the air and the old machinery / wood rot

Thanks - same here. There weren’t as many trees back in the mining days because they burned them for fuel. Now an occasional tree will fall down and wreck the man-made historic structures, which they must then rebuild. A funny balance now with “preservation” in this park.

I love when history and nature overlap like that.
You take very nice pictures

Pretty frequently. Added to my list! Thanks for sharing 🙏🏼

It can be a fun stop if you’re ever driving between San Francisco and Tahoe.

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GM Patricia. You've taken some fabulous shots!

Gm patricia, Incredible place, surely this place before should have been the paradise of gold and with a heavy atmosphere on everything that involves mining