June 30, 2022 Update There's GOLD in them there here hills! This week we talk with a couple of Gold Miners about what they see as the future of mining in Mariposa County. With potentially billions of dollars of gold in the ground today, they don't see a future for gold mining in Mariposa.
It hsd been a busy week and we, at the Mariposa ChronicleYouTube Channel have reported on it. Politics, adventure, history. You can access the links to the videos by clicking on the picture or the words highlighted in Blue.
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Adam Burns, Is a talented and creative musician who has made Mariposa his home. Adam talks about the life of a performing artist during the Covid Pandemic and the creative process of writing and performing.
We have a new County Supervisor representing District three replacing Marshal Long who retired. Danette Toso, did an interview with us and shared her thoughts on what needs to be done with our County Board of Supervisors.
Jack & June Wildt have family roots dating back to the Gold Rush days of 1849! In these two videos, they share their and some historic perspectives of working in some Mariposa producing Gold Mines many years ago.
Working in a Gold Mine Not too long ago, Mariposa had some producing Gold Mines. They were pretty much put out of business during WW II but they are still capable of producing gold. .
Underground, ":hard-rock" or ":Load-Gold" mining was a dangerous job.
Our Mariposa County Miwuk People are struggling form Tribal Recognition from the U.S. Government.. This video trailer , by local video Producer, Bill Lowe, posted this video trailer provides some background on these original residents of Mariposa County.
Back In Time:
Over the past decade 2MC Productions has done hundreds of videos, most of which are accessible on our YouTube links that can be accessed on our main Mariposa Chronicle YouTube Page. The link below is to one of these archived files. The link to the right is to the Youtube Old Town Mariposa library with 229 video interviews
Dr. Leroy Westerling , a Climate Scientist at UC Merced, talks about Climate Change and the implications for Mariposa, the Sierra and California.
