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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East of the Sierra

May Lundy Mine

June 10, 2014

In Mother Lode (Northern) August 4, 2018

Giant King Mine

In May of 2017 on a 4×4 trip from Washington, CA to Alleghany we stopped along side Washington Road at Washington Creek to let the dog go pee. Within…

In Death Valley National Park February 22, 2015

Lost Burro Mine

One of my all time favorites. The Lost Burro almost has it all. A well preserved cabin with bed, table and artifacts, many open underground shafts to explore,…

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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…