Thomas “Bud” Michel DeGrio passed away unexpectedly on the 21st of December 2024 surrounded by family in Sonora, CA. Bud was born April...

RUBY MINE Last week I shared that my family moved from Southern California to Grass Valley in 1974. Today I will share how we ended up...

UGMM Director and Docent Chris Smith (left) and Michael Miller cranking things up!

Frederick Kuhfeld Jr. was born in the town of Minnesota on May 12, 1866. Later referred to as Minnesota Flat, the boomtown was located on...

– Hospitality in Sierran Town is Most Lavish. The festivities pass off in a manner reflecting much credit upon those having charge of the...

Merle Eva Marguerite Bradbury was the only child of Thomas and Lizetta (Nihill) Bradbury. Merle was born on September 9, 1895 in a house...

First Stock Certificate issued by Original Sixteen to One Mine Inc. the oldest Gold Mining Corporation in the United States! Issued on...

September 1943 ~ January 2017 Excerpt from UGMM Nov. 2017 Newsletter It is with a heavy heart that we share the news of Ray’s passing. A...

Excerpt from November 2016 UGMM newsletter. Donald Ryder Dickey, a hard rock miner and owner of the Oriental Mine, passed away in Nevada...

Excerpt from November 2011 UGMM Newsletter A valuable member of the Alleghany and California mining community passed on in December of...