While a large number of locations have yielded some placer gold, most of the state’s placer production has come from a few productive districts.

My partner had the contacts and it wasn’t long before we had an agreement in place and the company had a geologist on site. I recall a time when he was getting the lay of the land, so to speak, and he broke off a rock sample and inspected it with his magnifier.

New theories have been developed and they may lead to new discoveries and give prospectors some new insight on where to look for diamonds.