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The Paradise depot, (Butte County Railroad, later Southern Pacific), remains at its original location, and is now operated, maintained, and staffed by the Gold Nugget Museum. The up-bound side of the Skyway from Chico, (right around Bruce Rd.), sits on the old right of way, until where the bike trail picks up at Neal Rd. in Paradise.
Area gold mining and ski racing history [4] Gateway Science Museum: Chico: Butte: Multiple: website, part of California State University, Chico, science and natural history Gaumer's Jewelry & Museum: Red Bluff: Tehama: Natural history: website, minerals and mining museum inside the jewelry store Gold Nugget Museum: Paradise: Butte: Open air
On April 12, 1859, at the Willard Claim, a hydraulic mine in the Feather River Canyon northeast of the town, a 54-pound (20 kg) gold nugget was discovered, the largest in the world at the time. Dubbed the " Dogtown Nugget ", it made the town famous.
California State Indian Museum: Sacramento: Sacramento: Sacramento Valley: Native American: Themes of nature, spirit and family California State Mining and Mineral Museum: Mariposa: Mariposa: Gold Country: Mining: Located at the Mariposa County Fairgrounds, gold mining California State Railroad Museum: Sacramento: Sacramento: Sacramento Valley ...
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Paradise is a town in Butte County, California, United States, in the Sierra Nevada foothills above the northeastern Sacramento Valley. [2] As of the 2020 census , the town population was 4,764, a decline of over 80% from the 26,218 residents recorded in the 2010 census.
The Wells Fargo History Museum is a museum operated by Wells Fargo in its corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California, that feature exhibits about the company's history. Some of the museums' displays include original stagecoaches , photographs, gold nuggets and mining artifacts, the Pony Express , telegraphs and historic bank artifacts.
The largest gold nugget found using a metal detector is the Hand of Faith, weighing 875 troy ounces (27.2 kg; 60.0 lb), found in Kingower, Victoria, Australia in 1980. Historic large specimens include the crystalline "Fricot Nugget", weighing 201 troy ounces (6.3 kg; 13.8 lb) – the largest one found during the California Gold Rush.