Mining a great Gold Rush getaway in Placerville – The Mercury News

Mining a great Gold Rush getaway in Placerville
The Mercury News
PLACERVILLE — Hardhats in place, audio tour-app queued up, we enter the beckoning maw of the Gold Bug Mine in Hangtown, a.k.a. Placerville, sliding past slimy walls into the darkness beyond. The temperature drops — a ghostly cold spot? Silly me, no …