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Grass Valley, California

Nevada County · Population 14,016 · Card no. 10154

A Gold Rush town in the Sierra foothills, site of the Empire Mine, one of the richest hard rock gold mines in California.

The Empire Mine produced nearly six million ounces of gold before closing in 1956.
Cornish miners brought pasties, still sold in local bakeries.
Lola Montez lived here in the 1850s.

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