People have been “finding gold in Colorado” since well before there was a place called Colorado and are still actively doing it today. From American Indian residents of this area and early Spanish and French explorers finding gold in the streams and using it in trade, to modern residents digging in their neighborhood creek, many have found success!
This website shares stories about both the history and current events in gold prospecting in Colorado. You’ll learn where to dig and where to see the highlights of Colorado’s mining history. This is all based on my personal adventures finding gold, exploring the past and, more recently, writing a book intended to help visitors and residents to explore our state for gold themselves!
Photo note: That’s a selfie of me in Summit County, on a dry washing expedition in September 2014.
This site costs money to keep up. The only way it pays for itself is shopping referrals. If you appreciate the info here, please click thru one of my Amazon links, or other shopping links, the next time you want to shop online. It won’t cost you anything extra and it keeps the site going: www.findinggoldincolorado.com/shop-here/
11 thoughts on “Finding Gold In Colorado”
I am looking forward to your stories of gold prospecting in Colorado so keep em comin.
Will do!
Reblogged this on Appalachian Prospectors Gold Prospecting Adventures and commented:
I thought that I would share this blog post with you.
Awesome info ! A friend just bought a 6 ac. Vacation home near clear creek , and four mile creek runs through her property . She wants me to bring my dredge out and do some sampling in her creek ! I’m planing on taking my 4″ dredge out there and checking it out for a few weeks this summer ! Any info on four mile creek ??
Thanks for posting this blog ! And any info is greatly appreciated
Well, there’s more than one Four Mile Creek so I’m not sure where you mean. Do you have street names or at least the county name?
Generally, dredges up to 4″ nozzles are allowed in Colorado on Federally managed lands. There are exceptions of course. For a specific spot, I’d use mylandmatters.org to learn about existing mining claims and Federal land status. Then off to the the county assessor (most have online maps) to confirm current land ownership. Then get the owner’s permission…if you are lucky, that will be your friend themselves!
Just found this site and I am super excited to learn from the pros here.
I am also a Summit county local and cant wait for late spring Gold action!
looking forward to getting my hands on that book, Kevin
MIke
Hi,
We’re heading up to Salida and maybe Point Barr. Was that road totally impassable? Or Could a lifted 4Runner get through?
Thanks for being here/there! 🙂
Joe
The access road from the south might be a bit wet in spots but you should be fine with a 4Runner I think…let alone a lifted one! The road from Wellsville (from the North) is blocked off due to a washout that created a 15-20 foot drop. The BLM told me they are working with the railroad to get it fixed asap but asap may mean late this summer. If you want to enter from that end, you will have to walk the last mile so bring a hand cart or something 🙂 You will be walking along a decent dirt road, its an easy walk.
Update: the washed out road has been repaired so I strongly recommend using the upstream access now. It’s much easier.
Greetings. I have the prospectors edition. The map shows an area S and T, but there are not chapters for them. Why are they omitted?
Smart question! Because the book was written in 2018 (with annual updates as needed) and the map was made in 2020 for our second book (Finding Gold in Colorado: Inspiring Images) which includes those chapters. I figured having a map was still a good thing in the Prospector’s Edition so i included it as part of the 2020 update.
PS the new chapters S & T, as well as U, V, & W are in our second guide book Finding Gold in Colorado: The Wandering Prospector which is available now! Learn more at http://www.findinggoldincolorado.com/wanderingpospector/