Gold panning is a popular recreational activity in Alaska, and there are several places near Anchorage where you can go gold panning with your family. Here are some options: Crow Creek Mine Crow Creek Mine is a historic gold mining site located in Girdwood, Alaska, which is just south of Anchorage. It’s a […]
Discovery of Gold at Pierce The initial discovery of gold in the Clearwater River region is credited to a group of prospectors led by E.D. Pierce in 1860. They found gold along Orofino Creek, a tributary of the Clearwater River. This was actually the first major gold rush in Idaho, and it brought […]
The country of Ukraine has a long history of gold mining, with gold deposits found in various regions. Most of the significant gold mining areas in Ukraine is being conducted in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, which range across the far western corner of Ukraine. This area has been mined for millennia. Big mining companies are […]
Rich Hill is aptly named. Located in Yavapai County, it has a long and rich gold mining history. The first prospectors in the area showed up in the 1860s, and it quickly drew attention from miners throughout the region. Early Gold Discoveries A prospector named Pauline Weaver discovered gold in this area in […]
Miners first arrived in Southwest Oregon during the mid-19th century. In the 1850s, reports of prospectors finding gold in the Rogue River and Umpqua River valleys was generating much interest. Soon men from around the world, including thousands of prospectors from the California goldfields, were venturing into the Oregon wild lands to search for the […]
For gold seekers in the Seattle area looking to get out of the city and do some prospecting, the Skykomish River probably offers the best chance of success. The areas is known to produce small amounts of placer gold throughout. The Skykomish River does flow through an area with a rich history of gold mining, […]
The Homestake gold mine was the largest known iron-formation-hosted gold deposit and the largest gold producer from a single deposit outside of South Africa. The Homestake mine is located in the Whitewood mining district in Lead, Lawrence County, Western South Dakota, at the northern end of the Black Hills. The mining district is around 5,400 […]
The Mokelumne River winds its way 95 miles through Northern California, from the central area of Sierra Nevada and all the way to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The river watershed drains roughly 2,143 square miles across multiple counties, namely Alpine, Amado, Calaveras, San Joaquin and Sacramento in California. Divided into the Upper and Lower […]
There is gold in the South Platte River, and most of the creeks that flow into it also contain gold. This means that just about any waterway running through Denver will turn up a little bit of gold for the diligent prospector. Access is better than you might expect. While there is certainly a lot […]
The sweet smell of gold was a massive magnet for prospectors in the 1800s when jobs were scarce. Alabama wasn’t left behind in the search for gold; skilled miners in the Hog Mountain district earned $1.75 per day which was a decent wage that attracted thousands of workers. The relentless efforts of early prospectors led […]