On our drive from Placerville to Jackson we will travel through parts of California's historic Mother Lode, one of the state's best-known gold mining districts, and the picturesque Shenandoah Valley. ![]() You may read the first blog in this series at California's Gold Rush: A Highway 49 Driving Tour from Auburn to Placerville. The app is free, this audio driving tour, which is one of four that takes you along the Mother Lode from Auburn to Jamestown, currently sells for $11.99. To use VoiceMap, you will need to download the VoiceMap app from the Apple Store or Google Play. The audio driving tour, it is available at VoiceMap and listed under Amador County. Download that here if you are interested. We have also created a companion brochure, Hiking and Walking Tours of the Gold Country. You may download a souvenir brochure for this tour here. ![]() To bring this story to life we will weave in excerpts from miners' diaries. We will visit the towns of Placerville, Fiddletown, Sutter Creek and Jackson as well as visit a number of hard-rock mines, or at least what remains of them. As you drive along some of California's most peaceful backroads, we will share with you the history of the California Gold Rush. This blog follows my VoiceMap audio driving tour Hard-Rock Mining in California: A Highway 49 Driving Tour to Jackson.
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