Underground Gold Miners Museum

04/03/2026

https://www.undergroundgold.org/post/steven-bell

A tribute to Steven Bell the Gold Miner.

STEVEN CHARLES BELLFebruary 17, 1968 – January 25, 2026 Steven was born in Simi Valley, California to Don and Audrey Bell. The family (parents and four kids) moved to Northern California in 1974 to pursue Don Bell’s gold mining ambitions and to get out of suburbia. In 1975 the family moved to th...

04/25/2024

https://www.undergroundgold.org/post/alleghany-s-old-school-gym-comes-to-life

Live Music by The Tyler Foote Walkers Liquid Light Show Where: Alleghany's Old School Gym ~ 529 Miners Street AlleghanyWhen: Friday May 24, 2024 Doors 7 ~ Music at 8 BYOB ~ non-alcoholic beverages available.All ages, Donations benefit Underground Gold Miners MuseumTyler Foote Walkers (youtube.com)

12/09/2023

https://www.undergroundgold.org/post/ugmm-2023-newsletter Latest newsletter linked above.
2024 Alleghany Historical Photo Calendars available online at undergroundgold.org or by sending $25 to UGMM PO Box 907, Alleghany CA 95910 Price includes sales tax and shipping costs.

Season’s Greetings from Alleghany! We hope that this year’s newsletter finds you and yours doing well. After a relatively cool summer, we are having a beautiful extended fall season. As of Thanksgiving Day, my tomato plants were still alive. The first hard frost got them that night. Once again, ...

08/23/2023

Posted in the new online library today.

Many different rocks and minerals can be found in the Sixteen to One Mine, however the most significant are: Tightner schist, serpentine, mariposite, and vein quartz. · Tightner schist is a hard metamorphic rock that ranges in color from dark gray to light brown. This rock unit represents a thick a...

07/26/2023

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=C2RE3UJCGNDN4 A new website for the museum is in the works. This is our new donate button page.... please consider making a donation today. Thank you.

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06/14/2023

08/03/2021

It looks like everyone is hanging out at the hotel either pre or post an event. Unknown date. Photo courtesy of the Jacobs Collection.

07/27/2021

David E. Thompson with children and men of the community behind the Golden Anchor Hotel in Alleghany circa 1866-1899.

07/16/2021

Alleghany 1910. Photo Courtesy of the Martin Newcomb Collection. If you have any historical family photos of Alleghany that you'd like to share with us, we'd love to see them.

07/05/2021

The Museum is OPEN!!

07/02/2021

Maybe Cory or Glenn can help me on this: photo is identified as Forest.... if so can you give an approximated dage of photo?