Day Trip'n with Lady Jan #4

I bought this from the Mariposa Museum.

There was two house in the back one was the Mariposa news paper and the other was this counter house with the pretty arch. My daughter and my husband are cutting up.

My daughter Sarah, and her friend Arma under the arch.

Granite cart for the stamping machine.

I found Gold! exclaimed my husband.

The Gold up close and personal, it turns out it's nothing more than a little gold paint.

The morn before we got to the museum there was a dedication ceremony for this new sign or plaque.

Day Trip'n with Lady Jan # 3

Line shaft and pulley

We finally made it to;

Mariposa, and we went to the Mariposa museum but I couldn't take pictures inside.

But I could outside the museum.

Line shaft and pulley

High pressure pump

High pressure pump

This is a pioneer device for turning a mountain into a hole, just to find a small bag full of gold.

Water Wheel

Stamp Mill

Used to crush rocks into gravel so that gold can be collected through use of mercury, and incidental adding mercury poisoning to the environment.

Phew after all that I'm tired and hungry, so we went and got something to eat.