From SR 20, the diggings are reachable via the gravel Omega Road which merges with Forest Route 29 in small sections.

One mile north of here were the towns of Alpha and Omega, named by gold miners in the early 1850s.

The tremendous hydraulic diggings, visible from near this point, engulfed most of the original townsites.

Alpha was the birthplace of famed opera singer Emma Nevada.

Mining at Omega continued until 1949, and lumbering operations are carried on there today (1958).