JAMESTOWN, Calif.—Gold mining gave California its nickname, the Golden State. While mining nowadays is far from what it used to be, gold fever isn’t completely gone.
Along Highway 49 in Jamestown, California, visitors pan for gold in Woods Creek.
Woods Creek in Jamestown, Calif., on Sept. 19, 2022. Ilene Eng/NTD
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Ilene is a reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area covering Northern California news.
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