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		<title>Epithermal Gold Deposits</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here is an amazingly good article on epithermal gold deposits. Highly relevant to Colorado because it explains the vast majority of our gold deposits. Of course, we also have volcanic deposits such as in Cripple Creek and Lake City areas, but the majority of our hard rock gold occurrences in the Colorado Gold Belt are [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Year-round Gold Prospecting in Colorado</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2023 04:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Where and how to dig year-round in Colorado. Includes links to specific prospecting sites recommended for each season of the year.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ben Parker: Colorado Gold Placer Mining Hero</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 04:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ben Parker is justifiably one of the heroes of the Colorado gold prospecting community. He was a student at Colorado School of Mines over 60 years ago. For his dissertation, he chose to create a compilation of ALL the information he could find about gold placer deposits across the state. He used original source material [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Wandering Prospector Guidebook</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2023 05:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Finding Gold in Colorado - The Books]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Announcing the latest book in the FInding Gold in Colorado series: The Wandering Prospector. Available now!]]></description>
		
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		<title>Finding Gold in Puerto Rico</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2022 15:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 and I were able to spend some time gold panning the Mameyes River in the USFS El Yunque National Forest. As [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gold Prospecting in different types of Streams</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2022 23:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Learning about different types of waterways can make us smarter prospectors. Here’s how!]]></description>
		
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		<title>Map of dig areas by chapter for Finding Gold in Colorado Books</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2018 05:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Finding Gold in Colorado - The Books]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 &#8211; Prospectors Edition. This image should print fairly well at 8&#215;10 but be sure to set your printer to &#8220;best&#8221; print quality. Chapters A-R across Colorado, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Buy the Book! Finding Gold in Colorado: Prospector’s Edition</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 00:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The preeminent guidebook on gold prospecting across Colorado is now available here and &#8216;in stores everywhere&#8217;. Awarded recognition as the “#1 New Release” in its category on Amazon in June 2018 and an “Amazon Bestseller” frequently since! Over 10,000 sold in the first 5 years. Re-edited and updated annually. Note: As an affiliate marketer I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Piñon Bridge BLM Prospecting Area &#8211; Prospecting Tips</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 05:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 map is open to casual use but is unclaimable because it was previously private (railroad company) land and was reacquired by the Federal government. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Norwood Bridge Recreational Placer Mining Area &#8211; Prospecting Tips</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KevinInColorado]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 04:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 non-motorized prospecting. The gold here is pretty good! You get to this area by taking highway 145 easterly and southerly from the town of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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