Libby Creek in Montana is one of the best places in Montana to prospect gold. It’s also one of the few publicly accessible sites where a casual prospector can spend the day panning in an area known to have gold. Historically, Libby Creek was not the richest gold mining sites in the state. There was […]
Panning/Sluicing
The easiest way to find gold is to use simple prospecting equipment like gold pans and sluice boxes. These are time tested methods to find placer gold.
Ground Sluicing for Gold – Trenches Cut Down to Bedrock
The methods of extracting minerals such as gold have evolved over the years as prospectors adjust their mining methods in order to maximize recovery of the mineral. In the past one of the common techniques used to recover gold was ground sluicing. This method was applied in a number of gold mining fields and you […]
Prospecting Culverts for Surprisingly Rich Gold Deposits
Midwest Gold Mining – On the Hunt for Glacial Gold
What is Glacial Gold? During the five major Ice Ages which occurred over millions of years, glaciers expanded far away from the north pole to cover a significant part of the earth. In North America the glaciers moved far enough south to cover most of the northern states in the US. During their travels, glaciers […]
6 Arizona Rivers where you Can Successfully Find Gold
Find More Gold by Removing Overburden & Open Up the Bedrock
There has been a considerable amount of tips and tricks written on this website about how to successfully find gold. Integral to success is the ability to locate gold-bearing ground, understand how to mine it efficiently, and ultimately to capture the gold. One simple, yet perhaps under-emphasized point that is worth mentioning is that the […]
How to Prevent Fine Gold from Floating out of your Pan
Most prospectors know that gold is heavy. In fact, it is almost always the heaviest element that you can recover within a river with a specific gravity of 19.3. It is considerably higher than the sand, rocks, gravel, quartz, lead, iron, and other elements commonly found in a river. So why in the world […]
Best Sluice Box: Lightweight and Compact Options
The Best Sluice Box Options for adventurous gold prospectors Being able to change and adapt to suit your needs should be a consideration for any serious gold prospector. Being successful at finding gold means that you go to where the gold is. Of course, some of the best places to find gold nowadays aren’t right […]
Summertime Gold Panning in Northern California
Simple Steps to Build a Sluice Box for Gold
Most gold prospectors start out using a gold pan, but quickly realize that they will be able to process a lot more material if they use a sluice box. A sluice box helps you process more materials quickly than when you use pans alone. And they are relatively inexpensive so you won’t break the bank […]
Review of the Keene A51 & A52 Sluice Box
The early gold miners used wood to build their sluice boxes at their mining site. They were long and heavy, and when they were done mining in that area they would either dismantle it and move it up the creek or abandon it completely. Fortunately we have a better option today. The modern sluice box […]
The 4 Best Gold Panning Kits on the Market
5 Simple Tools that make Gold Panning much Easier
The Best Classifiers, Sieves, & Screens for Gold Prospectors
Using classifiers to remove large rocks from the material that you are going to pan makes the whole process of gold panning much easier. It reduces the weight of in your pan by separating out the larger rocks and gravel. Classifiers, which are basically just a sieve or screen material, come in a variety of […]
An Overview of Basic Gold Separation Methods
Artisanal mining refers to the use of simple rudimentary tools and processes to extract minerals resources such as gold from the soils on a small scale. In most developing the mining industry is not well developed. This means that large scale sophisticated mining operations are not very common. Most of the mining in such conditions […]