GOLD COUNTRY

'Gold Country' (also 'Mother Lode Country') is a region in the central-and-north-eastern part of the U.S. state of California, United States. It is famed for the mineral deposits and gold mines which attracted waves of immigrants, known as the 49ers, during the 1849 California Gold Rush.

Contents

Geography

Geology

Climate

Principal cities and towns

Demographics

Culture and politics

Economy

External links

Geography

The Gold Country is generally considered to lie along the route of California State Highway 49, stretching from Mariposa County in the south, to Sierra County in the north.
It includes parts of eleven California counties: Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Tuolumne, and Yuba.

Geology

The Gold Country lies on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, reaching down to the Sacramento Valley.

Climate

Principal cities and towns

★ Angels Camp, California

★ Auburn, California

★ Sonora, California

★ Sutter Creek, California

★ Jackson, California

★ Mariposa, California

★ Groveland-Big Oak Flat, California

★ Murphys, California

★ Columbia, California

★ Grass Valley, California

★ Nevada City, California

★ Camptonville, California

★ Downieville, California

★ Placerville, California

★ Coloma, California

★ Lotus, California

★ Georgetown, California

★ Shingle Springs, California

★ El Dorado, California

★ Folsom, California

★ Cameron Park, California

★ Pollock Pines, California

★ Camino, California

★ Rescue, California

Demographics

Culture and politics

Economy

External links

★ Gold Country Visitors Association

★ The Virtual California Gold Country: Highway 49 Revisited Online