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Posts tagged ‘California gold mining’

25
Feb

New Gold Rush In California

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The Modern California Gold Rush

With spot prices of gold over $1,750 per ounce a modern day California gold rush is underway. This record high gold price has many people once again, heading to the California hills to mine and pan for the precious metal.

The recession and high gold prices are bringing on a new California Gold Rush. As AP’s Haven Daley reports, the 1849 Gold Rush only removed an estimated 10 percent of the precious metal, so there’s still plenty of gold “in them thar hills.”                                                      California gold nuggets

24
Feb

California Gold Prospecting in San Bernardino

Gold nugget prospecting via dry washing in San Bernardino California. For great gold nuggets be sure to visit: http://www.california-gold-rush-miner.us

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3
Feb

Gold Prospecting Mother Lode California

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Gold prospecting story was send in by Rick, one of our subscribers:

A good friend of mine discovered a creek that apparently was overlooked by the 49′ers. I call it Nugget Creek. The creek is about 20 feet wide in an isolated canyon in the Mother lode. He literally goes sniping in the 1-2 foot deep water with a homemade PVC sight tube and some tweezers and finds an oz a day of 3-7dwt nuggets that are found only in the center of the creek (the paystreak is only in the center of the creek).

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