California Gold Explorers

Welcome to California Gold Explorers. California has tens of thousands of gold mines, mills and towns slowly fading back into the earth. This site is dedicated to sharing California’s rich gold mining heritage with other explorers, adventurist and historians before it’s gone.

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Mother Lode (Northern)

Stamp Mill – Downieville Memorial Park

February 9, 2017

In Mother Lode (Central) June 13, 2014

Salado Creek Stamp Mill

I found this stamp mill searching the internet. No real information other than it is near Salado Creek off Hunt Rd near Milton, CA. You can see it…

In East of the Sierra July 7, 2018

Aurora

Aurora Nevada is a fascinating ex-ghost town with almost nothing too see. How can there be an ex-ghost town? Well, that is the interesting part of Aurora. Once…

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In Other Locations November 22, 2018

New Idria

Several years into exploring we surprisingly enough had never heard of New Idria. After binge watching Wonder Hussy’s YouTube Channel we realized the site was no secret and…

In Death Valley National Park November 18, 2018

Defense Mine

The Defense Mine is a popular jeep, 4×4, rock crawler and hiking destination located 2 miles up Stone Canyon in the western slopes of Panamint Valley. Discovered in…

In Mother Lode (Northern) November 17, 2018

Winkeye Mine

The Winkeye Mine peaked our interest after watching a YouTube and reading a blog post by Justin Ames aka The Velvet Rocket. One of Justin’s earlier explorations before…