Gold Country

Gold Country (also Mother Lode Country) is a region in the central and northeastern part of California. It is famed for the mineral deposits and gold mines that attracted waves of immigrants, known as the 49ers, during the 1849 California Gold Rush.

Read more about Gold Country:  Geology, Climate, Principal Cities and Towns

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