Abstract
This study is concerned with one of the more permanent mining camps during the California Gold Rush, Auburn. Located thirty-four miles northeast of Sacramento on Highway 40, Auburn is today the county seat and trading center for one of Northern California's richest and most productive agricultural areas. Auburn's history has been neglected perhaps more than any major mining camp in California. Consequently, many of its former glories are forgotten, buried in dusty records and newspaper accounts of a by-gone era. It is the intent of this study to present an account of the early history and development of this community which was one of the leading mining camps in Northern California.