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...

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...

Excerpt from November 2016 UGMM newsletter. Donald Ryder Dickey, a hard rock miner and owner of the Oriental Mine, passed away in Nevada...

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...

Alleghany is probably the only California community that has continuously had a gold based economy since the gold rush. Main Street...

Excerpt from November 2011 UGMM Newsletter A valuable member of the Alleghany and California mining community passed on in December of...

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...

The Ruby Mine (aka Guatemala) is located at the north end of the Alleghany Mining District. In the 1850s prospectors followed a path of...