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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
While panning on May 27, 1929, Potato Creek Johnny uncovered a 7.346 ozt (228.5 g) gold nugget, one of the largest ever discovered in the Black Hills. [5] In 1934, local businessman W.E. Adams bought the nugget from Johnny for $250 ($5,694 in 2023) and put it on display in the Adams Museum. [5]
Exhibits include the crystalline gold Fricot Nugget, weighing 201 troy ounces (6.25 kg), the largest found during the California Gold Rush; a working scale model of a stamp mill over 100 years old, demonstrating the process of extracting gold from quartz rock; and a replica hard rock mine tunnel that allows visitors to better understand California's hard rock mines.
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.
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Originally established after the 1849 California Gold Rush as a mining camp, the town was first called Mountain View. [7] A dog breeding operation started in 1850 which led to the name Dogtown. [6] A post office opened in 1857, which was shared with the adjacent settlement of Mill City; the two eventually united. [6]
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. It is on display at the California State Mining and Mineral Museum. The largest gold nugget ever found in California weighed 1,593 troy ounces (49.5 kg; 109.2 lb