By The Gold Prospector on December 1, 2011
In June 2012 three of us are going to Nome, Alaska for the GPAA Alaska Gold Expedition at Cripple River Camp. We already booked a reservation and also reserved three 4 wheelers. I was watching a DVD movie series called “Alaskan” which shows everything that goes on there during the mining season. You can purchase [...]
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By The Gold Prospector on September 18, 2011
At last, the end of the year approaches. The air is cooler and we can now resume gold prospecting activities. First order of business is to have fun! I am going to ride the quad around and enjoy nature’s scenery and relax. I have been waiting months for this day. I won’t miss office life.
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By The Gold Prospector on May 16, 2011
We came back to Rock Springs in search for more of that yellow metal we saw last time. We now have more equipment and more manpower. We drove our equipment to and from the site with a Polaris Ranger RZR 4 800. It was very comfortable to ride and handled much better than a quad. [...]
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By The Gold Prospector on May 2, 2011
Last week Josh and I went with a mining claim owner to a remote location near Bagdad, AZ and were shown a beautiful place where the water flows over exposed bedrock all year round and the potential for gold might still exist. We prefer being near water most of the year because not only is [...]
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By The Gold Prospector on March 11, 2011
I just found out that geocommunicator.gov Mining Claim maps have been discontinued. They have a notice on their web site. Well, I’m not that bummed. I stopped using it for locating mining claims after learning how inaccurate it was. I still used it as a tool to visualize the PLSS grid and SMA (Surface Management [...]
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By The Gold Prospector on December 7, 2010
Today, I was sitting at my desk eating some Chinese food for lunch. After I finished, I opened up the fortune cookie to read what the paper said and found it rather interesting. I had to take a picture of it. Could this be a sign of things to come? (I used my other uneaten [...]
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By The Gold Prospector on November 20, 2010
I written this post to briefly explain the procedures for filing the paperwork for a new placer mining claim and the renewal of an existing placer mining claim. I include our experiences and what we learned. It is intended as reference material for me. I should note that I live in Arizona and this information [...]
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By The Gold Prospector on November 19, 2010
NOTICE: This article is deprecated – BLM discontinued Geo Communicator If you are researching areas in Geo Communicator for land that you may be able to claim mineral rights, then you will need to know the following fact before you begin. Below is a picture of a section of the PLSS grid in Geo Communicator. [...]
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By The Gold Prospector on October 25, 2010
Its been a while since our last blog update. We’ve been on many prospecting trips since then and focused our efforts up north in areas of the Prescott National Forest to stay cool. We have sampled many areas on unclaimed land and found several places where we have found gold in every pan. Most places [...]
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By The Gold Prospector on June 14, 2010
While we were in Stanton, AZ we went into the main office and saw a paper on the wall that stated “The Miners’ 10 Commandments”. Kinda funny. Now I have official guidance for my life as a gold miner. It appears I already broke the first commandment. Well, now that I read on, it seems [...]
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