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Gold Deposits of North Carolina
February 2008 by Chris Ralph
North Carolina was the site of the first well documented discovery of gold in the United States, which occurred in 1799. Not many years later, when the importance of this find was realized, gold miners came to seek their fortunes.Additional articles that might interest you...
Basic Sniping: Prospecting With a Pan & Simple Hand Tools
November 2006
There’s a lot of really great prospecting equipment on the market right now, and I have to admit I’ve spent my share of money over the years investing in dredges, drywashers, metal detectors and the like. But a lot of new folks just getting into...

Ask the Experts
May 2014
Setting up a gravity dredge
Setting up a gravity dredge
Legislative and Regulatory Update
January 2016
• More roadblocks in southern California
• Greater Sage-grouse withdrawals
• More roadblocks in southern California
• Greater Sage-grouse withdrawals
National Forest Closures in California
November 2020
I found I could not go prospecting in areas where I did not have a mining claim and the Forest Service thought my mere presence was a danger to the forest.
The Bawl Mill
February 2010
• Copenhagen—Don't ask, don't tell
• Will consider lease or trade
• By the numbers
• Copenhagen—Don't ask, don't tell
• Will consider lease or trade
• By the numbers
Ask the Experts
October 2014
• What's worth picking out of the pan besides gold?
• What's worth picking out of the pan besides gold?
The Plumas Eureka District
October 2006
During any great gold rush, tales of fantastic finds abound—some are real and some are not. In the mother lode country of California, in the fall of 1850, there were a lot of fantastic finds and probably the wildest tale of that time was the story of a lake surrounded...

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• Turning Waste Rock Into Profit
• Dredging the Mokelumne
• How to Get Started as a Gold Prospector
• Sunshine Mine is Up and Running Again
• Gold at Ponderosa
• The Juneau Goldfields
• Wham Hill
• Golden Sunlight Seeks Expansion
• Washington Gold & Fish Regulations Update
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices