the one that is in the park today that we see and walk through is the former town site of somersvilleere multiple buildings here. there were schools, there were homes, a general store. kauzer: while there are no buildings left from the old somersville, there are giant waste rock piles. so these are all of the rocks that came out of the mine during the coal mining era. so this pile behind me is probably about 150 years old. caldwell: coal mining here started in kind of the 1850s or 1860s or so and lasted until about early 1900s. this was the largest coal mine in california at the time. we're here to protect the natural and cultural resources of this area and share it with people and educate them as well. open their eyes to something that they maybe didn't know about before. as you come on one of our mine tours, you'll pass by this section here where there is a coal vein. you'll be able to see a little bit of this black, kind of shiny rock here. that's the coal. we're standing in the coal mine experience here underground. we've recreated that kind of feeling of being in a coal mine. peo

the one that is in the park today that we see and walk through is the former town site of somersvilleuildings here. there were schools, there were homes, a general store. kauzer: while there are no buildings left from the old somersville, there are giant waste rock piles. so these are all of the rocks that came out of the mine during the coal mining era. so this pile behind me is probably about 150 years old. caldwell: coal mining here started in kind of the 1850s or 1860s or so and lasted until about early 1900s. this was the largest coal mine in california at the time. we're here to protect the natural and cultural resources of this area and share it with people and educate them as well. open their eyes to something that they maybe didn't know about before. as you come on one of our mine tours, you'll pass by this section here where there is a coal vein. you'll be able to see a little bit of this black, kind of shiny rock here. that's the coal. we're standing in the coal mine experience here underground. we've recreated that kind of feeling of being in a coal mine. people as young a