Prospecting & Detecting
Crystallized Gold Mines of California
February 2022 by Marc Davis
Gold specimens that include visible crystal formations are among the rarest, most attractive and most valuable forms of gold to be found.
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Using Geologic Publications to Discover Collecting Sites
I understand that a person without geological knowledge could be daunted reading a geological publication. You can pick out the good stuff from a geological publication without a lot of geological knowledge.
Prospecting for Gold at Green Valley
In October, five of us decided to take an exploration trip into an area called Green Valley. This was perhaps ten miles upstream from where we had gone in September and the difficulty was access. One would think that based on the name it was an easily accessible area not far from a nearby town. This couldn’t be more wrong.
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