Angels Camp Museum

It is interesting to see these old wagons. So many parts of them persist and appear in our present day cars. For example, the brakes on this wagon have "shoes" made of a piece of wood that can be replaced when it is worn. And like the covered wagons we saw in Baker City, OR, there are "parking" brakes (the iron piece on the floor) that attach to the wheels to lock them completely. as with the covered wagons, these were used not for parking but for controlling the downhill speed of a loaded wagon.

Angels Camp Museum

In our small town of Angels Camp is a pretty amazing museum. It has a wide collection of all things Angels Camp. There is a good collection of jumping frog competition memorabilia. There is also many items from the medical community spanning the last century and more.

The Albert Kersten Mining and Mineral Museum

Broken Hill is a mining town by origin although these days tourism seems to be the strong element of the economy now. There is mining and mineral museum here is gives a good explanation how the lode of ore got to where it is (was actually, most has been removed). Above is a pretty large silver nugget from the mine.  The caption you can't read says that there were nuggets over a ton in mass and so large they had to be broken up to be removed. Impressive.