Gold prospecting tools & techniques
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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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 …
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 …
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Welcome New Prospector!
July 7, 2022 · 1 comment
Hi all, the following article is from Paul Schiffer. Paul is a relatively new prospector who has taken a very intense approach to the initial learning process so I thought he would …
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Making a Ring From Your Gold
May 14, 2022 · 1 comment
How to use your placer gold from gold panning to make a gold ring.
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Gold Prospecting in different types of Streams
April 15, 2022
Learning about different types of waterways can make us smarter prospectors. Here’s how!
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Finding Gold in Colorado Books
November 8, 2020 · 11 comments
Our book collection! Here at Finding Gold in Colorado, we have stepped up to create and publish the books Colorado prospectors want and need. We currently offer four books: …
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Finding Gold in Colorado: Prospecting Log
November 8, 2020
We are thrilled to announce the launch of a new tool every prospector should put to work! Keeping track of where you dig will help more than you may realize. By tracking our …
Read more →Think Like a Miner
October 28, 2020
Think like a miner. Hmm what does that mean if you are a small scale prospector in a public access prospecting area? Well, a miner is someone working a mine. Maybe on their own …
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