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Gold miners weren't especially good at baking.
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San Francisco’s Famous Sourdough Was Once Really Gross

Gold miners made themselves sick on smelly, hard loaves.
Amanda Herbert and David Woodworth September 21, 2022
Bridgeport, California

Sinnamon Cut

This trench, some 2,300 feet long, is only the most prominent relic of a largely forgotten episode of placer mining on the east slope of the Sierra Nevada.
Robert Penney Sculpture
Chewton, Australia

Robert Penney Bakery Sculpture

A 19th-century baker stands ready to serve customers.
Oatman, Arizona

Oatman

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.
Gowar School Ruins
Gower, Australia

Gowar School Ruins

This school was established during the height of the Australian Gold Rush.
Replication miners bicker over a work-break snack at the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum in Leadville, Colorado.
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How to Eat Like a 19th Century Colorado Gold-Miner

A confluence of cross-cultural foodways fed a series of Colorado’s mining booms, and can still be tasted across the state today.
Stamp mill hoppers.
Hawthorne, Nevada

Aurora

This Gold Rush ghost town was once the subject of a territorial dispute between California and Nevada.
Wide view of the monument.
Coloma, California

James Marshall Monument

His discovery kicked off the Gold Rush. One of the hands on this commemorative statue points to the spot where he found the precious metal.
Entrance to mine with slag heaps in distance.
Creswick, Australia

New Australasian No. 2 Deep Lead Gold Mine

The site of a tragic mining disaster in 1882.
The Tower House Hotel and adjacent orchards, circa 1860, painter unknown.
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How to Resurrect Gold-Rush Era Orchards Ravaged by Fire

The 2018 Carr Fire destroyed historic fruit trees—but not the will to make them bloom again.
Ashley Stimpson January 14, 2022
Sovereign Hill
Golden Point, Australia

Sovereign Hill

This outdoor museum harkens back to the height of the gold rush.
McCarthy panned for gold, and was also a patriotic newspaper editor
Los Angeles, California

'Dan the Miner'

Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49
Wickenburg, Arizona

Henry Wickenburg Pioneer Cemetery

This tucked-away cemetery is the final resting place of a prospector who uncovered one of the largest gold mines in Arizona.
The wood and tin portions of the dredge were consumed by the fire. Only the ghostly steel structure remains.
Fairbanks, Alaska

Chatanika Gold Dredge #3

A hulking remnant of Alaska's industrial gold mining boom in the 1920s.
Wells Fargo Building
French Corral, California

Wells Fargo Express Office

Built to hold Gold Rush wealth, this building has withstood the test of time.
Knight Foundry
Sutter Creek, California

Knight Foundry

Founded in 1873 to support the needs of the gold mines flourishing nearby, this is the last water-powered foundry in the United States.
No. 1 Bunkhouse
Palmer, Alaska

Independence Mine

This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.
Silver City Ghost Town
Bodfish, California

Silver City Ghost Town

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.