| The Gold Rush Lives On at the Kentucky
Mine and Museum in Sierra City!
When the Kentucky Mine stamp mill was up and running at its
maximum, you could hear the ten 1,000-pound stamps crushing
gold-veined quartz ore for miles around. In fact, the din
of the several stamp mills operating near Sierra City during
the gold rush days of the 1800s was so uproarious that people
had to get inside somewhere in order to carry on a conversation!
Today, the stamp mills are silent excepting two times each
day when the Kentucky Mine stamp mill is once again brought
to life to give folks on the twice daily tours of the mine
and stamp mill a close up encounter with an operating stamp
mill. Tour members are cautioned to cover their ears if sudden
loud noises bother them because when the stamp drops, nearly
everyone jumps! This is a chance to see and hear the sounds
of a working gold mine is just the dramatic ending of the
hour-plus tour that takes visitors through the incredible
day-to-day experience of hard rock mining in the Sierra City
mining region during the later part of the 19th century.
A visit to the Kentucky Mine and Museum located on Highway
49 near the town of Sierra City, CA, is a unique opportunity
for you and your family to step into the world of the gold-seeking
miners who worked the mines and built the towns that made
California the golden state.
The Kentucky Mine and Museum is open 10 am to 4 pm, Wednesday
through Sunday, from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend.
Family-friendly pricing is in place with $1.00 per person
museum admission. Guided gold mine and stamp mill tours start
at 11 am and 2 pm daily with $7.00 admission for adults, $3.50
for children ages 7-17, and free admission for children 6
and under. Bring the whole family for a day-in-the-life of
a gold rush miner experience that will be a family trip gold-star
day!
"Monumental Nugget"
Don't wait to see our newest addition!
Virginia Lutes, Museum Curator
Judy Lawrence, Assistant Curator
Map to the Mine
Get directions to the Mine
The Sierra County Historical Society is
an organization of people interested in preserving and promoting
an appreciation of Sierra County's rich history. Our historic
buildings and landscapes as they span over time into the present
provide a rare and unique look into American History. The
Society operates the Museum at the Kentucky Mine Historic
Park in Sierra City.
Find out more and join the Sierra County Historical Society
with your tax-deductible donation today! (Hint: Members
are admitted free of charge to the Kentucky Mine Museum and
the Stamp Mill and Mine tour.)
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