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Mineral Belt National Recreation Trail - a loop around Leadville
May 4, 2017
The next time you are in the Leadville area, consider walking or biking the Mineral Belt National Recreation Trail to see cool gold rush artifacts and mining sites. My wife and I …
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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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Using a Gold Cube
April 4, 2017 · 11 comments
The Gold Cube is absolutely a standout product for us small scale gold prospectors in Colorado. Our beautiful state is known for having fine gold that prospectors back in the gold …
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A good reminder - bring your heavies home!
April 2, 2017
That little scatter of gold above Ike’s forehead is a good reminder to bring your concentrates home no matter what! Why you ask? Well this gold comes from an outing to the BLM …
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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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Gold Tourism - Iowa Hill Hydraulic Mining historic site
January 15, 2017
Learning about gold placer mining includes everything from panning (which we all do) to sluicing, dredging and, at the large industrial scale, hydraulic mining which is also called …
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Prospecting Stores across Colorado
January 13, 2017 · 8 comments
There are quite a few places around here to buy prospecting supplies. When you need gear, please shop via my links or support your local shop. There’s nothing like looking at your …
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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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Cache Creek Prospecting Site
December 14, 2016 · 27 comments
A must-visit for any casual prospector spending time in the Colorado mountains, Cache Creek was a commercial operation that was shut down in the midst of productive operations. Of …
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