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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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Finding Gold in Puerto Rico
May 30, 2022 · 10 comments
Gold prospecting in Puerto Rico dates back to at least the Spanish in the early to mid-1600’s, so it’s no surprise there’s still gold to be found today!! On a recent visit, my wife …
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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!
Read more →Mines of the Alpine Loop Books Available!
March 18, 2022
4-Wheel drive guide books to the Alpine Loop and the Animas Forks Triangle, in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado.
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Breckenridge Gold Prospecting History Talk
July 1, 2021
Link to a YouTube video about the history of the gold rushes in the Breckenridge Colorado area.
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Local press covers gold panning
November 13, 2020
5280 Magazine is the premier magazine in metro Denver. I was thrilled to see that when they recently wrote an article on gold panning, they chose to reference this website twice! …
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Colorado Gold Mining during the Great Depression
November 12, 2020 · 2 comments
Was it the last hurrah of the small scale miners? Gold mining in Colorado goes back a long way of course. One of the more interesting periods after the initial gold rushes is the …
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Castle Rock Conglomerate gold in metro-Denver
November 11, 2020 · 4 comments
One of the great mysteries which stumped The early gold rush pioneers was the gold they found in metro-Denver, and south of there, which seemed to have no upstream source. This …
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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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