Melody and I spent the day in Nevada City as a kind of 'last day of vacation' trip. We visited the Empire Mine (10's of millions of dollars pulled out over the course of 75 years) and saw the really fun sights there. I especially enjoyed the scale model of all the shafts that were drilled. Absolutely incredible. Pictures below. We got everything in just before it started raining.
Me, in front of the mine office;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;The mine owner's "cottage"
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The main mine shaft;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;A scale model of all of the shafts
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Melody in front of the cottage's waterfall and ponds
After we saw everything we wanted at the mine, we drove down to "Cousin Jack's Pasties" (Cousin Jack is the generic name for a Cornish mine worker). Anyway, the pasties are great and the atmosphere of the little home-made restaurant is really fun. I had a side order of bean and sausage soup that was fantastic! Later we walked around the historic section of town in the rain and looked in all the shops that were for people with money than we had to spend, visited a cool bookstore, by-passed a ton of bars and saloons, and got some great hot chocolate at a nice little candy store.
Two-story fire house in Nevada City
4 comments:
I always enjoy visiting Empire Mines. Such beautiful grounds surrounding a miserable occupation.
Those are some cool pictures dad. I like the cottage, and it would be cool to see the model up close.
A miserable occupation, engaged in as a livelihood by a significant portion of your ancestors from Wales.
Way to make me homesick again. But there is a pasty shop here with excellent pasties, and we picked up a bunch this weekend, so it's okay.
The scale model was always my favorite part of the Empire Mine.
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