Finding Gold in Colorado
Historic Sites & Modern Prospecting Honey Holes. Public dig sites, prospecting techniques, and gold-rush history across Colorado.
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Staying Safe While Prospecting
May 29, 2025 · 1 comment
As you head out into the wilds, or even just wander down to the neighborhood creek to go prospecting, it is wise to think about safety and being prepared for problems. There are …
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Epithermal Gold Deposits
March 26, 2024
Just ignore the fact that it purports to be about Newfoundland and Labrador! Here is an amazingly good article on epithermal gold deposits. Highly relevant to Colorado because it …
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The Dolores River and The Hanging Flume
March 26, 2024
http://www.denverpost.com/2012/04/13/121-year-old-western-colorado-mining-flume-clings-to-its-secrets/ Click on the picture above to go to the article directly. Or try this …
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Chills and Thrills (winter prospecting) magazine article!
March 26, 2024
https://findinggoldincolorado.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ChillsAndThrills_KevinSingel-1.pdf Check out this magazine article I wrote! It was published in the Gold Prospectors …
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Year-round Gold Prospecting in Colorado
August 25, 2023 · 3 comments
Where and how to dig year-round in Colorado. Includes links to specific prospecting sites recommended for each season of the year.
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The King of Colorado Gold Dredging
July 5, 2023
Benjamin Stanley Revett was a British-born mining engineer and entrepreneur who made his fortune in the gold-dredging business in Colorado. He was known as the “Gold Dredge King” …
Read more →Ben Parker: Colorado Gold Placer Mining Hero
June 26, 2023
Ben Parker is justifiably one of the heroes of the Colorado gold prospecting community. He was a student at Colorado School of Mines over 60 years ago. For his dissertation, he …
Read more →I’m on TV!
June 17, 2023
There was recently a broadcast of a short piece about prospecting in metro Denver with long time fellow prospector and friend JJ Long and me. The local TV station, KDVR 31 runs …
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The Wandering Prospector Guidebook
June 16, 2023 · 12 comments
Announcing the latest book in the FInding Gold in Colorado series: The Wandering Prospector. Available now!
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Edwin Carter Museum
January 18, 2023
Free Admission! The Edwin Carter Museum on the east edge of downtown Breckenridge is a charming little museum housed in the original log cabin of Edwin Carter. Carter was a …
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