hangtown's gold bug park
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We ventured off to Gold Bug Park after years of living here in the town of Placerville. They have a tour system where you are given a hand held device to use as you walk through. The tour guide is a miner from days of old! You learn the history and how life was back in the day of gold mining! Don't forget to head over to the Stamp Mill! The docents there are very informative regarding the process to crush the ore to get to the gold!
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There are 2 main sites to see here. The audio guided mine tour is a great way to experience what it would have been like to do deep rock mining. Also see the stamp mill where a guide explains the work done there. My kid also panned for gems and had a blast!
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This small park has a gold mine that you can tour and visit a stamp mill. The mine in horizontal, rather than vertical so it is an easy walk thru, just watch your head. That is why they give you a hard hat! You can also try panning for gold and enjoy the small gift shop. Nice place for a picnic. The stamp mill is very impressive.
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Don a hard hat, doff your claustrophobia and bring the kids to experience a real gold mine just a mile or two from Placerville Main Street. Look at a real rock pounder and a model that shows you how it works - learn about how men who operated this machinery earned a higher wage because they would soon go deaf!. A gift shop supplies memorabilia and authentic pine-needle baskets. Many acres of 49er wilderness to hike.
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It was the first time for us to visit gold mine and it was really incredible. The self guided audio guide through the mine is great, you get a lot of information! I would recommend everybody to visit it's great!!
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While in town we decided to check out the Gold Bug Park. It was very easy to find. We toured the mine which was only $5 per person. You wear a hard hat and a little device that gives you information about the mine as you walk through. It was a little chilly inside, but not too bad. After touring the mine we went to the Stamp Mill. They did not have a blacksmith working that day, but it was still neat to check it out. There was also a little trail nearby that we walked along. It was a fun and cheap activity for a beautiful Saturday afternoon.
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This was OK, a nice little view of how a mine looked but probably best for showing the kids, a little blah for adults so the admission seemed a little high
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My husband and i were exploring Placerville Gold Bug Park looked like a great option as i love historical sites. We visited the Stamp Mill first and the docent Keith is a great story teller throughout the whole exhibit he was very informative about the history of the stamp mill. We checked out the museum and the attendant offered us to visit the mine tour we were more then happy to pay the admission based on the great experience we already had with the Stamp Mill it was appx 80 degrees that day and the cool air was refreshing and the walk was very eye opening insight to the Gold Country past. We saw lots of trails and were disappointed we forgot our hiking boots! Owell for next and time!
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As clearly stated on the Web-site, there is no admission to the gold mine tour if it is less than a half-hour before closing. We came from a distance & rushed to get there, arriving 3 mins. before the deadline, We were graciously allowed to take the self-guided tour which we easily finished in about 20 mins. The audio tape provides a lot of good info about mining & this mine in particular. It has numbered segments that correspond to specific points in the mine. We welcomed the coolness of the mine since the outdoor temp. was in the high 90's.We hoped to see the stamp mill, too, but were told that the docent there was already closing up shop, because it was so hot. We drove up the hill & saw him coming down the pathway. It was obvious he was not going to let us in, saying he had to close up the entire area, incl. the gate on the road, by 4 pm. It was a disappointment.We knew it wasn't the day the blacksmith shop was open, so never planned to go there.There are bathrooms not far from the mine & a covered picnic area, too. There is also a gift shop which we didn't explore. Everything we saw was nice & clean & well-kept up.Incidentally, we were headed on a vacation trip to Virginia City, the location of the famous Comstock Lode. Between this tour of the Gold Bug Mine & info we picked up at the NV State Museum in Carson City, we felt no need to spend the money to see the ruins of any of those silver mines.
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Gold Bug Park's main attraction is the self-guided tour through the old mine, which is interesting. There is a very small museum (one room), and an opportunity to pan for gold and gemstones. The $2 panning price was certainly cheap, but your chances of finding anything are not great. The panning troughs are filled with sand and gravel from a nearby creek which may have some gold in it. You can buy bags of gravel guaranteed to contain gemstones. Closes at 5:00 pm.