1515Art Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 this web cam link is a handy view on the weather conditions up in Sierra City, I always give it a quick check when I'm getting ready to go on up to the high sierra along with the other reports on conditions. http://www.sierracountrystore.com/the-sierra-city-webcam#today 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quick Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I have worked in a lot of gold mining towns and I have to say Sierra City is one of my favorites. I have told my wife we need to make a trip there so she can see it but we have yet to do it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 it was raining in downieville when I left on sunday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1515Art Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 I always stay in Downieville when i go detecting up in that area, usually at the creekside inn or the carriage house, Verizon has good coverage in Downieville and both of those places are comfortable and have WiFi. I have very fond memories of both Sierra City and Downieville from the time i spent up there with my grandparents when I was a little kid and the towns haven't changed all that much from back then. Everyone is always very friendly and driving on the roads is refreshing, people are a lot more polite behind the wheel up in the mountains. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I've noticed the same thing, an absence of car horns. I love it up there, I always stay at the downieville river inn. A funny story, the handyman was replacing a bathroom floor in one of the guest houses, while the floor was out, my brother dug some of the soil and panned it, and found some gold. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1515Art Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 the riverside inn, not the creekside inn thats the place, creekside inn was in the santa cruz mountains my memory is getting fuzzy must be breathing to many kiln fumes. Mike and Nancy run the place they are a really nice couple and its always nice to share a cup of coffee with Mike in the morning before heading up the hill. i'll bet there is some pretty rich ground under a bunch of those old buildings in Downieville, the old stories talk of ounces of gold being swept from the floors that was dropped for various reasons by the old timers when gold was a plenty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sourdough Scott Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 I did a bathroom remodel in Sierra City about 20 years ago on a 1870's home. I had to put a foundation and dig out for clearance for the floor and plumbing. I took out 30 5 gallon buckets out. I ran them through my sluice after work. If I recall correctly, I got about 6 grams. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1515Art Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 good pay dirt!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sourdough Scott Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Here's the Graeagle webcam.http://www.playgraeagle.com/town/webcam.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Gambler, I found a nice nugget in Downieville this year. While we were there we were reading some of the stories. One story said that a woman was sweeping her kitchen floor and saw some gold. She dug it and found over 35 ounces! That was when gold was selling in Downieville for about $12 per ounce. Mitchel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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