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This is the massive gold-bearing quartz vein known as the "Mother Lode".
Highway 108 at Woods Creek, west of Jamestown, CA (1985).
James Marshall points to the spot at Sutter's Mill where he discovered gold in 1848, setting off the California Gold Rush.
Marshall Gold Discovery SHP, Coloma, CA (1987).
This "cottage" was where the owners stayed when they visited the Empire Mine.
Empire Cottage, Empire Mine SHP, Grass Valley, CA (1985).
California's first gold rush was here, just north of San Fernando, in Mexican days.
Placerita Canyon SP, near Newhall, CA (1993).
Small gold suction-dredges still extract small quantities from deep crevices in the beds of certain California rivers.
Edwards Crossing, South Yuba River, CA (1985).