gold prospecting
How to: Buy a Mining Claim -the smart way
December 20, 2018 · 9 comments
Many small-scale prospectors dream of owning their own mining claim but don’t want to face the challenge of locating a new one. Instead, the idea of buying an existing claim …
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Gold Panning in Utah? You need this book!
December 9, 2018
Our next-door neighbors in Utah have some beautiful lands worth exploring. This is also true for gold prospecting in Utah. While there was never a real gold rush in Utah, there …
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Prospecting bench gold placers
November 30, 2018 · 2 comments
Gold bearing placer streams in Colorado are generally many thousands of years old, sometimes millions of years old. In that much time, a stream can move around and erode much …
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Helpful websites for the small scale Colorado prospector
October 8, 2018 · 2 comments
In the course of the research for my book (buy it here) and otherwise, I found quite a few online resources to be helpful. So, to give others a hand, here is my random collection …
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Respect Claims
September 20, 2018
A professionally done claim marker This is a claim marker for a claim next to one of the spots in my book. It’s accurate and quite clear in what it is marking. Even without this, …
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Map of dig areas by chapter for Finding Gold in Colorado Books
September 18, 2018 · 2 comments
To help those of you planning trips, this simple map shows you which areas of the state are covered in each chapter of the book Finding Gold in Colorado - Prospectors Edition. This …
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How to locate your own placer mining claim in Colorado
January 25, 2018 · 7 comments
A supplemental corner marker (non-standard), placed 8 feet up on a tree to dissuade vandalism. At some point, many casual prospectors get the itch to have their own claim. Then …
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Getting your gold refined - Prospectors Gold & Gems
January 7, 2018 · 2 comments
Prospectors Gold and Gems (PG&G) is an important asset in the commercial gold mining infrastructure of Colorado…available to prospectors all over. It is also more than that, it’s a …
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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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Don’t Stop Now! (prospecting year-round)
November 3, 2017 · 7 comments
Your author doing some off season digging in Colorado. The trees are brown, but the gold is still yellow! Don’t stop now! It’s the perfect time of year to get out digging…of …
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