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Gold Festival – Sonora, CA / August 23-24

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On July 2, 2014

In Fun Trips, Gold, Gold Prospecting

Delta Gold Diggers Gold & Outdoor Festival

The Delta Gold Diggers present the Gold & Outdoor Festival, sponsored by the Gold Prospectors Association of America, in the heart of California’s famed Mother Lode country near Woods Creek at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds.

 
Adults $5 – Children 12 and under FREE

CLAIM JUMPER METAL DETECTING HUNT – Sponsored by Minelab
– Hunt for all ages
– Over $3,000 in buried treasure will be up for grabs
– Detecting Education & Training provided by Infinite Detector Solutions, an authorized Minelab dealer and GPAA’s own Kevin Hoagland
– Prizes! Minelab detectors and equipment (valued at over $4,000)

GOLD & OUTDOOR RAFFLE PRIZES VALUED AT OVER $10,000!
– Metal detectors – Minelab, Garrett and Tesoro
– Cascade Recirculator
– Black Magic
– Gold Cube
– Alaska Gold Expedition – (2) two week trips to Nome, Alaska (airfare included). One each day.
– Much more

LIVE EQUIPMENT DEMOS

LEARN TO PAN USING REAL GOLD

DOZENS OF VENDORS DISPLAYING HUNDREDS OF PRODUCTS

PROSPECTING SEMINARS

JEWELRY, ARTS & CRAFTS, ACTIVITIES AND GAMES FOR ALL

More Info: GPAA and Lost Dutchman’s Mining Association mining claims within a 15-30 minute drive of Sonora.

Lots of hotels, RV and tent camping nearby. RV spaces are $30 per RV per night. Tent camping is $20 per tent per night. Showers and bathrooms available. Limited full hookups for RVs.

For more information, email [email protected], call (209) 606-0085 or go to DeltaGoldDiggers.com.

Nice story about prospectors

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On April 23, 2014

In Gold, Gold Prospecting, News

From www.wired.com

Meet the Rugged Prospectors Still Panning for Gold in California

BY PETE BROOK

One surprising ripple effect of the Great Recession is the resurgence of independent gold prospecting. In California, evaporated savings, layoffs, and foreclosures sent some running to the hills. Sarina Finkelstein’s series The New Forty-Niners chronicles these modern prospectors with anachronistic images, some of which look like they could have been made 150 years ago.

Gold panning in the creeks of the Sierra Nevada mountains has been a mainstay since the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s, but for decades it tended to draw only hobbyists and small-scale speculators. Now, gamblers, romantics, and crusty entrepreneurs are joining the old-timers down by the river.

“Some people are prospecting for gold in order to survive,” says Finkelstein. “They had lost jobs, couldn’t find new ones, were freelance, or were struggling during retirement. Many have abandoned their permanent homes in order to live out of RVs and tents in the woods to prospect. Living a bare-bones or pared-down existence, some of them (without house payments, utility bills, etc.) are able to support themselves.”

Although the value of a dollar can wax and wane, gold is a solid investment. The price has roughly tripled since 2005, and at the moment it stands at about $1,300 per ounce. “At more than $1,000 per ounce, a small amount is still valuable,” says Finkelstein.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE

Win Gold from Dave McCracken!

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On July 9, 2013

In Mining Rights, News

Help Dave McCracken fight for our mining rights. He’s giving away 3 OUNCES of his own gold to to replenish their legal defense fund to keep up with the cost of defending small-scale miners on multiple fronts. Dave McCracken is the founder of The New 49’ers prospecting club; which has been in exsistence since 1985. Both the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management have acknowledged this organization as being legitimate under the 1872 mining law; because so many of the members actually go out and develop high-grade gold deposits.

To help Dave and The New 49’ers with their legal defense fund, go to their website and donate to get entries. CLICK HERE

California Gives the Green Light on Underwater Suction Mining!

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On May 20, 2013

In Gold Prospecting, Mining Rights, News

So it looks like Dave McCracken from the New 49ers in Northern California has devised a way to get to those underwater pay streaks we all dream about; but have been unable to pursue due to the current regulations of the California Department of Fish & Game. He has devised a way to “transfer” NOT “dredge” the underwater gravel from the bottom to a holding location to be processed later. Since he is not running the gravel through a sluice box, it doesn’t count as “suction dredging”.

From the New 49ers Website:

I am very happy to announce that on April 19th, the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (DFW) denied a recent Petition from the Center for Biological Diversity which attempted to expand the regulatory definition of “suction dredge” to include our new method of underwater suction mining. Had the Petition been approved, our new method would have been prevented by California’s existing state-wide moratorium on suction dredge mining.

Amongst other reasons for denying the Petition, DFW pointed out that the Karuks and their allies had plenty of opportunity to expand the regulatory definition when they participated in the multi-million dollar administrative process that was formally completed about a year ago.

See the full story on the New 49er Website:  CLICK HERE

Great Video on Dredging in CA (LA Area)

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On March 12, 2013

In Gold Prospecting, News, Videos

Great video documentary about dredging on the East Fork in The San Gabriel National Forest.

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