Gold prospecting sites
Museum of Northwest Colorado & prospecting In Craig
May 1, 2018 · 2 comments
The Museum in central Craig The Museum of Northwest Colorado (http://www.museumnwco.org) recently added a permanent exhibit on the gold prospecting and mining history of that part …
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Piñon Bridge BLM Prospecting Area - Prospecting Tips
January 5, 2018 · 2 comments
The BLM manages what it calls the Piñon Bridge Recreational Placer Mining Area to allow casual prospecting by visitors on the San Miguel River. The land highlighted in green on the …
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Vic’s Gold Panning
November 16, 2017 · 10 comments
Jesse in front of the Chaffee Mine on-site at Vic’s Gold Panning Most people stop at Vic’s Gold Panning to learn to gold pan. No shock right? But, honestly, there are lots of …
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Norwood Bridge Recreational Placer Mining Area - Prospecting Tips
September 10, 2017 · 3 comments
The BLM reacquired the land and river south of Norwood Bridge after it had been in private ownership. This unclaimable land along the San Miguel River is now available for your …
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Rattlesnake Gulch public prospecting area
July 24, 2017 · 5 comments
WARNING: This site may be closed due to environmental concerns. Contact the BLM office in Montrose or in Grand Junction before making plans to visit this location. Rattlesnake …
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Prospecting at Middle Fork RV Resort
July 2, 2017 · 4 comments
Stay at Middle Fork RV Resort in FairPlay, Colorado and you’ll get to park your RV on dredge tailings. Most importantly, the resort allows those staying there to dig virgin dirt …
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Silverthorne is built on a Placer Deposit
April 13, 2017 · 16 comments
In the fall of 2016 I was driving by a construction site in our little town of Silverthorne. The site is a block west of the main highway through town and therefore about three …
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Cherry Creek prospecting tips
February 24, 2017
Cherry Creek in lower downtown Denver (photo: USGS) Cherry Creek was one of the first places early prospectors found gold in Colorado. In 1858 William “Green” Russell and his …
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Point Barr Prospecting Site on the Arkansas River
February 7, 2017 · 10 comments
Point Barr Site Map Point Barr is unclaimable land on the Arkansas River where you can drive right to the riverside and get to digging! The gold here is the typical fine Arkansas …
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Satisfy your gold fever with a little winter reading and digging
December 28, 2016 · 4 comments
Bazooka Sniper on the Winter Solstice 2016 I’m sitting at my computer, looking out the window at yet another winter storm (we’ve had almost 6 feet of snow this month (12/2016) …
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