Men have been extracting metals from the Earth for millennia, using just about any method imaginable to get to the valuable ores that they seek. Early methods were crude and inefficient, but with enough brute force massive amounts of gold and precious metals were uncovered. The ancient Romans introduced the notion of large-scale mining with […]
Gold Prospecting
Most small-scale gold prospectors search for placer gold that is deposited in streams and rivers, but it can also be found in arid climates far away from existing water sources. Gold can be found using a variety of different methods. The most common way to recover gold in the water is by gold panning, but larger equipment can also be used to help prospectors recover more gold by processing more material. This page includes information on different gold mining methods.
Catch the Smallest Gold with the Gold Cube Concentrator
Mining equipment that require the separation of very fine gold from the concentrates can range from small to medium sized and have shown to be effective. However, today’s prospectors are in a rush and require equipment that are small in size (basically portable) and can also extract large amounts of gold in less time. One […]
Supplement your Income with Gold Mining
Many beginning gold prospectors have grand ideas about how much gold they are going to find. They have pictures in their mind of digging up ounces and pounds of gold nuggets, living off the land and getting rich in the process. In reality, making a living from gold prospecting is pretty tough. Supplementing your income […]
5 Simple Tools that make Gold Panning much Easier
Recover Fine Gold with the Gold Miner Spiral Panning Machine
Gold panning machines are the perfect tool for anyone who wants to save time and energy when separating gold from black sand or other materials. The Gold Miner Spiral Panning Machine is perfect for this task, as it does it quickly and efficiently while having the ability to catch even the smallest specks of gold. […]
The 4 Things to Know BEFORE you Buy a Mining Claim
The Blue Bowl Concentrator: The Most Popular Fine Gold Recovery Tool
Gold prospectors know that one of the biggest challenges is to separate fine gold from black sands and other heavy minerals. The chunkier nuggets and flakes can be picked out with tweezers, but those tiny specks of placer gold dust need to be separated another way. Usually to separate gold from its primary source can […]
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 […]
Where to Look for Gold in Rivers & Creeks
Gold forms in veins that are locked up within rocks and minerals completely unassociated with water. This combination of gold and quartz is one of the most common host rocks from where the primary gold originates. These gold-bearing rocks, under several chemical and physical factors (various forms of erosion) are broken down, eventually leading the […]
Using Shaker Tables for Fine Gold Separation
Along with knowing how to find gold, it is also very important to know the techniques to extract the gold efficiently from the gravels or host rock that it is mixed with. Extracting gold is required in both small-scale and large-scale operations where the prospectors may need to purchase more advanced equipment. To separate extra […]
Gold Mining within the Carolina Slate Belt
The Carolina Slate Belt is a gold rich strip that runs from Virginia, south through both North and South Carolina and ends up in Georgia. Numerous rivers and streams throughout this areas contain placer gold deposits. Although most people knew of the gold in the US as a result of the California Gold rush, the […]
Using Test Drilling to Sample Gold Deposits
Test drilling for gold is an important step in prospecting and eventually commercially mining for gold. Test drilling is done to get a continuous sample of the bedrock of a given gold project. The sample is then tested to determine if there is gold in the project area and to estimate the amount of gold […]
4 Ways You Can Find Gold in the Desert
Prospecting in the desert has many challenges that are unique to this harsh environment. Primarily, it is the lack of water, or more specifically, the inaccessibility of water to process material using traditional alluvial mining methods. Of course, there are many gold-bearing areas that are in arid desert environments. And while it may be true […]
Techniques for Finding Gold at Abandoned Mines
If you are in gold country, it isn’t particularly difficult to find an old gold mine. There are thousands of mines scattered around the countryside, many of which have been abandoned for hundreds of years (In Europe and Africa there are abandoned mines that date back thousands of years). And there are easily thousands more […]
Master the Art of Suction Dredging for Gold
Placer gold deposits that have accumulated in the gravels of a riverbed are generally the richest areas to look for gold, particularly in gold-bearing areas that have seen limited mining activity. Even in places that have been mined for centuries, there can still be good concentrations of gold in river gravels which are often rejuvenated […]