Although gold can be found throughout the state, it has not been in sufficient quantity to be profitable for large mining operations. Placer gold was first discovered in Broad Brook, located in Plymouth, by farmers who worked the creeks for a while. It didn’t take long to realize that farming was going to be a […]
Although Utah is one of the top producers of gold in the United States, most of the gold comes as a byproduct of other mining operations for copper, lead, silver and zinc. Near Salt Lake City the greatest producer of minerals in the state is the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine. There are a few other […]
You probably won’t find your fortune in Texas, as most of the gold found has been in trace amounts. Most of the state is privately owned, so you need permission from landowners before you venture out. The Spanish explorers gave it their best shot, but nothing of note was found in the state. That having […]
Although gold production has not been very high in Tennessee, you can probably recover enough gold to satisfy you. Most of the state is lacking in gold, but a few select areas are actually quite rich (for this part of the country). The best area to pan is the southeastern corner near the towns of […]
In 1874 gold was discovered by a group of men under General Custer at French Creek in South Dakota which later became Custer County. Not being too concerned that the Black Hills area was still owned by the Sioux, prospectors were soon busy trying to get rich. Whitewood and Deadwood Creeks proved to be rich […]
You will be most successful if you target your efforts within the Carolina Slate Belt that runs approximately 125 miles inland and parallel to the Pacific Ocean. This belt begins in Lancaster County in the north, although it actually starts in the southern part of Virginia. Heading southwest to Edgefield County, the belt continues through […]
You can find gold in several areas within the state, but not in any great amount. There has never been enough gold located to be of interest to commercial mining ventures, but the hobbyist may find enough to satisfy the urge to see some color. Although there are no records to substantiate any recovered amounts, […]
Like so many of the nearby states in the eastern part of the country, Pennsylvania received placer gold from ice age glacial drifts. You will probably not find sizable quantities of gold in the state, but a hobbyist may find enough to make it worth his time. This sort of gold is frequently widespread and […]
Oregon is a super place for the prospector, for a couple of reasons. One, there’s a lot of gold there, and two, there is a lot of public land to try your hand. The northeastern part of the state and the southwestern part of Oregon just above the California border are the two best regions […]
There isn’t very much gold in Oklahoma. The two areas offering the best chance of success are the Wichita Mountains in the southwest, and near to the Arkansas border in the Ouachita Mountains, where there have been some very small discoveries by panning. The gold found here is glacial gold, very fine flakes and dust, […]