The Empire Mine - Grass Valley, California
A fascinating place to visit. This is one HUGE gold mine, 300 miles a shafts descending down 4,000 feet. the mine operated for over 100 years and only closed in 
1956 because the price of gold was fixed at $35/ounce and it was costing $45/ ounce to get it out of the ground. Imgine, $45/ounce! 80% of the gold is still down there in the now flooded mine. 
The owner lived pretty nicely!
1956 because the price of gold was fixed at $35/ounce and it was costing $45/ ounce to get it out of the ground. Imgine, $45/ounce! 80% of the gold is still down there in the now flooded mine. 
The owner lived pretty nicely!
posted by Monterey John at 8:59 AM
6 Comments:
Great post. Love all the pics! Just shot a fountian pic myself, today. Will post it just 4 U!
Big smooch,
The Tart
; )
BTW, not selected for the jury, thanks for the tip!
*wink*
that house at the bottom is quite impressive to say the least!!!
Great images! Imagine that much gold still down there I guess it still isn't cost effective to get it out. Shame.
I have never been there but it looks fascinating. I love the bottom picture...wonder if I could rig up something like that at my place. Heh!
Hey John: I found a very cool blog with wonderful pictures and prose. Plus she's a west coaster and a Christian. If you are interested: http://macromoments.blogspot.com
I think you would enjoy.
With the price of gold being where it is these days, I am surprised they haved opened the mine again.
Great post, very interesting.
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