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		<title>Staying Safe While Prospecting</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 21:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 several items I always carry along on outings to improve my safety and ability to deal with problems along the way. Some [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Epithermal Gold Deposits</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here is an amazingly good article on epithermal gold deposits. Highly relevant to Colorado because it explains the vast majority of our gold deposits. Of course, we also have volcanic deposits such as in Cripple Creek and Lake City areas, but the majority of our hard rock gold occurrences in the Colorado Gold Belt are [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chills and Thrills (winter prospecting) magazine article!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 Association of America&#8217;s GPAA Gold Prospector, Jan/Feb 2024 edition. Of course, I also suggest joining the GPAA at www.goldprospectors.org or at least subscribing to their magazine for 25 bucks a year. HAVE FUN going prospecting all over Colorado using the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ben Parker: Colorado Gold Placer Mining Hero</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 04:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 chose to create a compilation of ALL the information he could find about gold placer deposits across the state. He used original source material [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Welcome New Prospector!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2022 06:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 be a good person to write a guide for other new prospectors. Now here’s Paul:At some time, everyone reading this decided to at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Making a Ring From Your Gold</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2022 13:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How to use your placer gold from gold panning to make a gold ring.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gold Prospecting in different types of Streams</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2022 23:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Learning about different types of waterways can make us smarter prospectors. Here’s how!]]></description>
		
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		<title>Finding Gold in Colorado Books</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 05:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Finding Gold in Colorado - The Books]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[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: The links above tell you more about each book and where to find each one. Meanwhile, here’s my &#8220;Honor Roll&#8221; list of where to find all four books in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Finding Gold in Colorado: Prospecting Log</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 04:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 outings and how those trips turn out, we can learn more, faster, and become better prospectors. This is something I have done [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Think Like a Miner</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 03:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 claim or someone else’s. Either way, a miner thinks longer term. They know they will be back to get more of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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