Southwest Sierra Then and Now #16
Sunday July 2, 2023 ~ Last week’s article ended with a little history on the Ruby Mine (aka Guatemala) located at the northern edge of...
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Underground Gold Miners Museum
Jul 174 min
Southwest Sierra #15 Historical Accounts & Personal Stories
RUBY MINE Last week I shared that my family moved from Southern California to Grass Valley in 1974. Today I will share how we ended up...
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Underground Gold Miners Museum
Jun 31 min
Saturday June 1, 2024 at the Museum
UGMM Director and Docent Chris Smith (left) and Michael Miller cranking things up!
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Underground Gold Miners Museum
Apr 251 min
Alleghany's Old School Gym comes to Life!
Live Music by The Tyler Foote Walkers Liquid Light Show Where: Alleghany's Old School Gym ~ 529 Miners Street Alleghany When: Friday May...
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Underground Gold Miners Museum
Apr 162 min
Carbide Graffiti
Carbide lamps are an icon of underground mining. Introduced in 1901, they were such a major improvement over candles that they were...
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Underground Gold Miners Museum
Jan 32 min
Fred Kuhfeld Jr. Notebook
Frederick Kuhfeld Jr. was born in the town of Minnesota on May 12, 1866. Later referred to as Minnesota Flat, the boomtown was located on...
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Underground Gold Miners Museum
Nov 29, 20238 min
The Daily Union, Wed. Sept. 11, 1907. ADMISSION DAY AT ALLEGHANY OCCASION WAS OBSERVED BY PEOPLE
– Hospitality in Sierran Town is Most Lavish. The festivities pass off in a manner reflecting much credit upon those having charge of the...
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Underground Gold Miners Museum
Nov 29, 20237 min
UGMM 2023 Newsletter
Season’s Greetings from Alleghany! We hope that this year’s newsletter finds you and yours doing well. After a relatively cool summer, we...
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Underground Gold Miners Museum
Oct 22, 20234 min
Merle Bradbury's Memory Book
Merle Eva Marguerite Bradbury was the only child of Thomas and Lizetta (Nihill) Bradbury. Merle was born on September 9, 1895 in a house...
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Underground Gold Miners Museum
Aug 23, 20231 min
Stock Certificate No. 1 issued to W.I. Smart
First Stock Certificate issued by Original Sixteen to One Mine Inc. the oldest Gold Mining Corporation in the United States! Issued on...
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Underground Gold Miners Museum
Aug 23, 20230 min
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Underground Gold Miners Museum
Aug 23, 20231 min
Rocks of the Sixteen to One Mine
Many different rocks and minerals can be found in the Sixteen to One Mine, however the most significant are: Tightner schist,...
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Underground Gold Miners Museum
Aug 16, 20231 min
Raymond W Wittkopp Professional Geologist
September 1943 ~ January 2017 Excerpt from UGMM Nov. 2017 Newsletter It is with a heavy heart that we share the news of Ray’s passing. A...
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Underground Gold Miners Museum
Aug 16, 20232 min
The Sixteen to One Mine
More than a million ounces have been mined from the depths of the Sixteen to One Mine making it a major gold deposit. The mine has been...
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Underground Gold Miners Museum
Aug 15, 20231 min
In memory of Donald Ryder Dickey
Excerpt from November 2016 UGMM newsletter. Donald Ryder Dickey, a hard rock miner and owner of the Oriental Mine, passed away in Nevada...
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Zoek Web Design
Jul 26, 20238 min
UGMM Annual Newsletter December 2022
This year’s newsletter is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Edward Allen Metz. Ed served on UGMM’s board of directors from 2006 until he...
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Underground Gold Miners Museum
Jul 25, 20232 min
Alleghany
Alleghany is probably the only California community that has continuously had a gold based economy since the gold rush. Main Street...
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Underground Gold Miners Museum
Jul 25, 20234 min
In Memoriam ~ Willard (Bill) Fuller Jr. State of California Registered Geologist #77
Excerpt from November 2011 UGMM Newsletter A valuable member of the Alleghany and California mining community passed on in December of...
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Underground Gold Miners Museum
Jul 25, 20233 min
Specimens from the Sixteen to One Mine
Where else can you see a gold collection in a museum directly above the mine that produced it? The purchase of this collection was made...
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