Gold Country

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Gold Country (also Mother Lode Country) is a region in the central-and-north-eastern part of the U.S. state of California. It is famed for the mineral deposits and gold mines which attracted waves of immigrants, known as the 49ers, during the 1849 California Gold Rush.

1 Geography
2 Geology
3 Climate
4 Principal cities and towns
5 Demographics
6 Culture and politics
7 Economy
8 External links

[edit] Geography

The Gold Country is generally considered to lie along the route of California State Highway 49, stretching from Mariposa County in the south, to Sierra County in the north.

It includes parts of ten California counties: Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra and Tuolumne.

[edit] Geology

The Gold Country lies on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, reaching down to the Sacramento Valley.

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[edit] Principal cities and towns

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Culture and politics

[edit] Economy

[edit] External links

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