gold prospecting
Norwood Bridge Recreational Placer Mining Area - Prospecting Tips
September 10, 2017 · 3 comments
The BLM reacquired the land and river south of Norwood Bridge after it had been in private ownership. This unclaimable land along the San Miguel River is now available for your …
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Where to look for gold & How to catch it
August 10, 2017 · 1 comment
My favorite educational videos - learn to pan and to read a creek or river to find gold.
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Prospecting at Middle Fork RV Resort
July 2, 2017 · 4 comments
Stay at Middle Fork RV Resort in FairPlay, Colorado and you’ll get to park your RV on dredge tailings. Most importantly, the resort allows those staying there to dig virgin dirt …
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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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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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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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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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Fairplay town prospecting park - prospecting hints
July 26, 2016 · 5 comments
The Town of Fairplay has done what we all wish every town in gold country would do: bought some land on a gold bearing waterway and set up a prospecting park! See weblinks here: …
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A moment of fame (now I just need to find the fortune to go with it!)
July 2, 2016
For a couple years, the Jefferson County Open Space website had a page on their rules for prospecting in the park and guess who they picked as a model for doing it right? In the …
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