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Coordinates: 39°12′13″N 121°2′34″W. Empire Mine State Historic Park is a state-protected mine and park in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Grass Valley, California, U.S. The Empire Mine is on the National Register of Historic Places, a federal Historic District, and a California Historical Landmark.
- 853 acres (345 ha)
- Nevada County, California, United States
- 1975
- Grass Valley, California
Mar 7, 2012 · The Empire Mine was the shining diamond of the setting of the gold rush, producing 5.8 million ounces of gold during its operation between 1850 and 1956. While there are 367 miles worth of shafts ...
Location: 10791 E Empire St, Grass Valley, CA 95945; Getting There. Empire Mine State Historic Park is located northeast of Sacramento in Grass Valley. It takes about an hour to drive there, and you will take Highway 80 north to Highway 174. This road winds around for about 14 miles before arriving at the park.
Empire Mine’s close to 850 acres are rich in history and beauty. At elevations of 2,500 to 2,900 feet, they cover a maze of 367 miles of deep mine shafts. Located in the western Sierra Nevada, 50 miles from Sacramento, Empire Mine State Historic Park remains rich in gold-mine history. Empire Mine State Historic Park welcomes around 100,000 a ...
Get a one-two punch of experiences with a visit to the remarkable Empire Mine Historic State Park in Grass Valley, roughly 60 miles northeast of Sacramento.First, spend time in the Visitor Center to learn about one of California’s oldest, largest, deepest, longest, and richest gold mines, where, in the course of a century, 5.6 million ounces of gold were mined—enough to fill a box 7 feet ...
The Empire Mine State Historic Park, located four miles southeast of Downtown Grass Valley, offers something for everyone. For those who admire beautiful buildings, the Empire Cottage, home of original mine owner, William Bourn, Junior, is sure to delight. Built in 1897 at a cost of $25,000, this English manor-style home sits amid thirteen ...
Empire Mine State Historic Park. Atop 367 miles of mine shafts tunneling almost a vertical mile beneath the surface, Gold Country’s best-preserved gold-quartz-mining operation is worth a solid half-day’s exploration. From 1850 to 1956 the miners here, mostly Cornish, produced 5.8 million troy ounces of gold (worth about $8 billion today ...
