There are a few questions you will need to ask yourself before you apply for a suction dredge permit from the State Water Resources Control Board.

There is always an overwhelming feeling when finding gold of any size, but one like this doesn’t come along very often.

This is the story of a nugget patch I’ve been working on that is a bit unusual. I won’t be telling you where it is located, but I will tell you how I found it and how I’ve worked it.

There are many smaller old hard rock mines out there—more than you might think. There are some small hard rock properties that are even open to be claimed if one does the right amount of research to find them.