During the day, the flow of water was blocked while men blasted and worked to build the millrace. Each night water would be allowed to flow through the millrace and clean out the debris. He collected them and took them to the wife of Peter Wimmer, one of the workers. This end view of the sawmill clearly shows the sawmill and the paddlewheel which was powered by flowing water. Connected to the paddlewheel was a pitman arm that rotated a single-blade saw in a vertical direction.
Visitors watch a sawmill demonstration.
Robyn pans for gold along Deer Creek. Mormon workers constructed their own private cabin. Animals were used to pull the large boulders over quartz-bearing gold. Visitors take the walking tour along the American River to observe the many historical markers and monuments. Immediately across from the American River and the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park are hundreds of campsites.