Gold In The Midwest—Part III: Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas

March 2020 by Alex Dolbeare

In this continuation of the Midwest gold series we are going to take a look at the states of Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas, look at possible locations within these states to find gold and talk about areas where gold has been found in the past.

Goal Setting and Rock Tossing

February 2021

Day three was a copy of day two. I started real low in the long wash to see if I could prove how far down the gold had made it.

Potential Gold at Old Hydraulic Sites

October 2013
So why would a modern-day prospector want to learn about a method of mining that was banned by the courts more than a century ago?

Using Countercurrent Material Flow to Improve Gold Recovery Efficiency

December 2020

There is a material processing principle widely used in large milling operations to improve recovery that is poorly understood by most of the micro-mining and prospecting community...

Cold Alaskan Gold—Part II

October 2012
I decided to focus my attention on some exposed bedrock that was along a little stream only about 100 yards from our cabins. My very first pan full of gravel showed several nice small flakes that were just big enough to be picked up with my fingers. That first pan showed that indeed there was some very nice gold to be had here...

High Sierra Gold

August 2022

Join Cal on an adventure in the Califonria high Sierras! 

It's Not Always El Dorado

November 2020

This was “pocket” country. All around were “pockets” that had been hand dug by old and new miners.

Sunshine and Gold

January 2016

His eyes were gleaming and he was smiling as he dropped his first piece of gold into my hand. It was a small, earring-size nugget, and he had found it almost immediately.

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