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Sutter Creek on Thursday, November 1, 2012. In a region known more these days for its hearty zinfandels than unearthing ore, Sutter Creek is returning to its heritage as crews are now boring into the underground walls of the famed Lincoln Mine. Resurrecting the heritage of a Mother Lode town that boomed some 160 years ago with historic mines, the Lincoln, Wildman, Northstar and Keystone, Sutter Gold Mining Co. is hoping to extract as much as 680,000 ounces of gold still left over from the California Gold Rush. The Sutter project represents the first underground gold mine operation in California's Gold Country in 50 years. And while the old Lincoln Mine was bankrolled by railroad baron Leland Stanford, Sutter Creek's new mining endeavor is being run by the like of Leanne Baker, a corporate CEO and former equities trader with a Ph.D in mineral economics. -
Receptionist Jessica Harlow staffs the front desk at the offices of Sutter Gold Mining Company in Sutter Creek on Thursday. -
General Manager Ed McGoldrick, left, inspects the new mining operations offices that will open soon at the Lincoln gold mine in Sutter Creek on Thursday. -
Structures near completion at the Lincoln gold mine in Sutter Creek on Thursday. -
Structures, including the mill, near completion at the Lincoln gold mine in Sutter Creek on Thursday. -
Mine Superintendent Tom Apodaca at the Lincoln gold mine in Sutter Creek on Thursday. The portable offices will soon be replaced by permanent structures. -
General Manager Ed McGoldrick drives a small vehicle into the entrance of the Lincoln gold mine in Sutter Creek on Thursday. -
Mine Superintendent Tom Apodaca enters the Lincoln gold mine in Sutter Creek on Thursday. -
Mine Superintendent Tom Apodaca, left, speaks with General Manager Ed McGoldrick inside the Lincoln gold mine in Sutter Creek on Thursday. -
Mine workers work on the infrastructure inside the Lincoln gold mine in Sutter Creek on Thursday. -
Site General Manager Ed McGoldrick examines traces of gold in a vein at the Lincoln gold mine in Sutter Creek on Thursday. -
General Manager Ed McGoldrick looks for evidence of gold in ore at the Lincoln gold mine in Sutter Creek on Thursday. -
General Manager Ed McGoldrick looks for evidence of gold in ore at the Lincoln gold mine in Sutter Creek on Thursday. -
Mine workers work on the infrastructure inside the Lincoln gold mine in Sutter Creek on Thursday. -
Mine workers work on the infrastructure inside the Lincoln gold mine in Sutter Creek on Thursday. -
Underground mining contractors Bill Hardisty, left, and Nick Saravia use a jack leg drill to bore holes for explosives into the rock at the Lincoln gold mine in Sutter Creek on Thursday. -
Underground mining contractors Bill Hardisty, left, and Nick Saravia operate a device called a jack leg drill at the Lincoln gold mine in Sutter Creek on Thursday.
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