Fifty years ago last month a headline blared from atop this newspaper: “It’s official – Empire Mine is now historical state park.” The park resulted from organized activism in Nevada County. It also ...

The Over the Hill Gang has been busy maintaining and improving Empire Mine State Historic Park since around 1976. “When I say clanking, groaning and moving, I’m not referring to the 15 members of the ...

EMPIRE MINE STATE HISTORIC PARK — I tried to imagine the noise that 1,750-pound stamps — 80 of them — made as they continuously smashed tons of ore into bits at this mine that grew out of a ...