Placer County, officially the County of Placer, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 404,739. The county seat is Auburn.
Image: Auburn Superior Court 3
Image: Placer County, CA, USA panoramio (8)
Image: Kings Beach SRA on Lake Tahoe
Gold specimen from the Eagle's Nest Mine, a source of specimen gold in Placer County
The Gold Country is a historic region in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, that is primarily on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. It is famed for the mineral deposits and gold mines that attracted waves of immigrants, known as the 49ers, during the 1849 California Gold Rush.
This was a hole in the mountain in La Porte, California. It was used to divert the water in Slate Creek.