Gold Rush Trading Post is located in downtown Mariposa, California. Mariposa County, a once thriving gold mining community in the foothills of the Sierra mountains, is only 45 minutes away from Yosemite National Park. If you are planning a to visit Yosemite or the surrounding areas consider trying your luck at gold panning, sluicing or metal detecting! Fred Radonic, the owner of Gold Rush Trading Post, will be happy to set you up with local guides and supplies for your adventure to find treasures, including gold, in the Sierra foothills. So if you ever had the dream of metal detecting or mining,come to Mariposa and visit us and join the New California Gold Rush!!