Sierra & Nevada County Mining Claims

Murchie Mine Crew (outside of Nevada City), 1938. Photo courtesy of the Nevada County Historical Society DR 2-295

Monitor in hydrolic mine at Howland Flat 1902-1903. One man can handle the nozzle by aiming it from side to side as needed to wash the gravel to release the gold.

Gold Hill is just northwest of the Highway 20 & West Empire Street highway Overcrossing where gold in quartz was first discovered in Nevada County, by George Kn...ight on an October Day in 1850. He was walking the hillside and found an outcropping of gold and quartz. GP Comstock 22. Here is the wiki page describing it: https://en.wikipedia.org//Gold_Hill_(Nevada_County,_Califo See more

Sierra Buttes Mine/Mill Number 6 level Sierra City, California

Eureka, Nevada County (now called Graniteville) 1871-1879. Photo courtesy of UC Bancroft Library, Hearst Mining Collection: https://oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf1779n7vz/?brand=oac4

Sacred Mountain Mill at the Sacred Mountain Mine, Sierra City, January 1935. Photo #999-11-54

Blue Tent Hydraulic Pit, Nevada County. Take a look at the size of the washed away hillside. I think it is much larger than Malakoff. I was driving around in th...ere a couple of years ago and was very impressed by the size of the pit. Photo from the Hearst Mining Collection at the UC Bancroft Library: https://oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf629008d2/?brand=oac4 See more

View of the Pride Mine, South of Bassetts, Sierra County. Unknown Date. Photo #999-11-11F

I love looking at Sixteen to One mine gold. Beautiful stuff. They just posted this on their Facebook page.

Mule train at the Sierra Buttes Mine, Sierra City.....Photo Number 999-11 4F

Sierra Buttes Mine Tunnel #6, photo taken Nov 11, 1926

The gold mining town of Meadow Lake, Nevada County. Photographed by Alfred Hart in 1870. Today it is a beautiful meadow next to a high sierra lake. DSHS#0123

The Prospector. Photo courtesy of Placer County Museums #1949628

Packing in a hydraulic monitor was no easy task in 1913. Photo courtesy of California State University Chico Online Library #SC22768

The anatomy of a Carbide Lamp

The Hilda Hydraulic Mine, 2 miles south east of Sierra City. Unknown date. Photo # 99-11-10B

"ONE OF THE 'GEMS OF NEVADA COUNTY" The North Star Mining Museum, a part of the Nevada County Historical Society, is one of the ‘gems’ of Nevada County and exis...ts not only to preserve and protect our area’s mining heritage but also educates and informs people not only about the mining process, but also about the impact the industry had upon the humanity of the people who built the mines and those who toiled there during their operation: https://nevadacountyhistory.org/north-star-mining-museum... this copyrighted photo is courtesy of Brian Blair:https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitebutton/ See more