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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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		<title>Cache Creek Prospecting Site</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 all the places open to casual prospecting in Colorado, this is the one to hit if you dream of finding a nugget. No promises of course, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Clear Creek (Broadway to Washington) &#8211; Prospecting tips</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2016 16:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The chunk of Clear Creek in north-central Denver from Broadway to Washington St. has some really good gold. This stretch of river also has quite a few bridges over it which does two good things: provides some shade for summer digging Means there&#8217;s bigger gold in the top gravels that was brought up during bridge [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fairplay town prospecting park &#8211; prospecting hints</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 00:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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: Where to start if you want to gold pan in Colorado The park consists of about 1/2 mile of waterway, some [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dudley&#8217;s Bar prospecting tips (&#038; nearby)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 20:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dudley&#8217;s bar is upstream from Big Bend (see my other post on Big Bend) a bit. This part of the South Platte is just down stream of the confluence with Clear Creek and due to some quirks of river flows during high water events, there&#8217;s GOOD gold on the west bank of the river in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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