Nevada County is webbed with some of the richest veins of goldbearing quartz in the world.
Whimsical names like You Bet, Red Dog, Rough and Ready, Fr.
Rich lodeGold districts such as Grass Valley and Nevada City were the most productive in California, and innovations such as hydraulic mining began here and spread throughout the nation.
First discovered in 1849 as placer Gold washed into creek beds, hydraulic miners later used massive jets of water to melt mountains and free the precious metal.
Nevada County is webbed with some of the richest veins of goldbearing quartz in the world