• Enjoy a walk back in time and try your hand at gold panning on Saturday and Sunday, May 2 & 3 at the California State Mining & Mineral Museum, located at the Mariposa Fairgrounds.
  
  
• See how the 49ers used the rocker & pan to find gold in the days of the gold rush.
  
  
• Visit with a miner and see the gear needed to survive during the mid-1800s in the wilderness of California.
  
  
• Hear of the difficulties of life in early California during the Gold Rush.
  
  
• Try your hand at gold panning.
  
  
• Visit our underground mine tunnel.

Also see fantastic Mineral Crystals from all over the world inside the Museum. Guaranteed Pay Dirt For Sale in our Gift & Book Shop!

For more information call the museum at: (209) 742-7625

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