Just because we have snow doesn’t mean we’re not going to prospect, we just have to change our direction and head more down towards the flat lands.

The problem is that extracting gold from hard rock is often a lot more difficult than processing placer gravels. Still, there is some very high-grade ore out there in many old mining areas.

There are a few questions you will need to ask yourself before you apply for a suction dredge permit from the State Water Resources Control Board.

At first we decided to see what the flat by our camp would produce where the old-timers had worked it with their Pelton wheel and dragline buckets.

As a gold prospector for the past ten years, I thought that I had a fair understanding of the steps necessary to find gemstones.