Gold Prospecting Laws in California California gold mining is governed by a series of laws. In October of 2015, the state passed a bill to combat environmental damage caused by suction dredging. Under this bill, the use of a suction dredge requires a Clean Water Act Permit. This video cannot...
AMADOR COUNTY, California Gold Panning & Gold Prospecting Amador County was the most productive of "The Mother Lode" counties. This county produced approximately 6,500,000 ounces of placer gold and 7,700,000 ounces of lode gold. Mining continues today. The richest area in this county is about...
Knowledge of Laws and Property Ownership Today's prospector must determine where prospecting is permitted and be aware of the regulations under which he is allowed to search for gold and other metals. Permission to enter upon privately owned land must be obtained from the land owner. Determination...
As in other areas of the US, there are several tales of lost treasure in Michigan concerning caches buried for safety. In many of these stories, people either died or forgot where they buried the stash. Contributing factors include: 1. Federal laws making possession of gold illegal in the e...
The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in California sparked the gold rush of 1849-50, and hundreds of mining camps sprang to life as new deposits were discovered. Gold production increased rapidly. Deposits in the Mother Lode and Grass Valley districts in California and the Comstock Lode in...
For gold to form, geological time must include a period when metamorphic rock is created. Sedimentary and igneous rocks become metamorphic rock through prolonged periods of intense heat and pressure; for example, volcanic magma flows provide both the hea
Placerville, California 10am - 5pm, Sat. April 5 and 10am - 4pm, Sun, April 6 After a hiatus last year, this Summit returns to the Eldorado County Fairgrounds and features 80 booths with the latest in prospecting and mining equipment. Sponsored by ICMJ's Prospecting and Mining Journal,...
experts suggest obtaining the largest dredge you can afford. Still, you must recognize the fact that you will have to operate under certain state laws. In Washington state, for instance, recreational prospecting is limited to four inches. Consult your local prospecting club for details about state...
who would enforce the due observance of the laws of the diggings. After prospecting for two or three days we concluded to take up a claim near a small settlement called Middletown, two or three miles distant from Hangtown. It was situated by the side of a small creek, in a rolling hil...
We are trying to get laws here to regulate things but it will be very difficult to get them executed." References: Mr. Shufelt's letter is part of the collection of the Library of Congress A letter from a gold miner, Placerville, California, March, 1850; Holliday, J.S. Rush for ...