Grass Valley CA
Empire Mines California State Park preserves was once was the once one of the olderst,richest, longest and deepest Gold Mines in California, nestled in the western Seirra Nevadas in Grass Valley. In 1969 William Bowers Bourn, Sr. purchased controling interest of Empire Mine and it would remain in the Bourn family until 1929. Empire Mines actually operated from 1850 to 1956. In this image is what once was a working mineshaft at it's surface entryway. I took this image when my west coast damsel's eldest little granddaughter urged her dad to take her in to see the mine. The pitch of the shaft is amazingly steep.
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Grass Valley CA
Empire Mines California State Park preserves was once was the once one of the olderst,richest, longest and deepest Gold Mines in California, nestled in the western Seirra Nevadas in Grass Valley. In 1969 William Bowers Bourn, Sr. purchased controling interest of Empire Mine and it would remain in the Bourn family until 1929. Empire Mines actually operated from 1850 to 1956. In this image is what once was a working mineshaft at it's surface entryway. I took this image when my west coast damsel's eldest little granddaughter urged her dad to take her in to see the mine. The pitch of the shaft is amazingly steep.
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