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Treasure Maps!
You can work harder or you can work smarter, but the best prospectors are usually the best researches. They consistently find more gold, because they know that the best mining equipment in the world is useless if you don't know the best places to find gold. You need a treasure map.
The surveys, reports, and other documents we post in the blog are literally treasure maps. Many tell you exactly where to find gold, often closer to home than you might think, and sometimes in areas that gold prospectors have barely touched in a century or more. So, like any real treasure map you have to figure out the clues for yourself.
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Some people actually wonder why we would post this material if these are really treasure maps? Well, count your blessings buddy, because we might not post all of this stuff if we didn't have other responsibilities that keep us out of the field. Also, we can't travel to all of the places we have research on even if we wanted to.
So, we want you to find gold, because we want you to come back and buy more equipment. Be sure and check back, because we are constantly adding new material. If you have any questions or you are interested in research on a particular topic drop us a note.
Monday, July 20th, 2009 at
12:44 am
I had no idea there had ever been any gold mining to speak of in New Hampshire until I ran across this little gem by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services.
It says that New Hampshire gold mines delivered a little over $50,000 dollars worth of gold to the Philadelphia meant between 1864 and 1878. In 1864, because of the Civil War, gold prices rose briefly to an all time high of $57.052 an ounce, but as Grant moved South prices fell back and throughout most of the period the price was between $27-24. However, production may have ceased in 1878 because the price fell to the government supported bottom of $20.67, which amounts to an inflation adjusted price of about $440.00.
Just for comparison according to the inflation calculator I used the claimed that the $57.05 would amount to $776.85 in 2008 dollars (I couldn’t find 2009 numbers) which puts the current price you can get on your gold into real perspective.
Even when you add the additional gold that was delivered to jewelers and other buyers and figure for inflation it’s not exactly the Klondike, but still production was about 2,500 ounces or so and I don’t think anyone would sneeze at that.
So, if you live in New England and you are interested in a little weekend gold mining this document might help you wash more than dirt if you do your research.
So, check out gold-in-new-hampshire
Strike It Rich!
Monday, July 13th, 2009 at
12:06 am
Here’s a great document about Washington State gold mining. It’s a 1955 document prepared by the Washington State Division of Mines and Geology. This is pretty much the bible for the Washington gold miner, because it gives 162 pages worth of information on the history and location of mines in Washington state. A gold miner can’t ask for much more than that.
Washington has had some very good gold production over the years and today apparently the small time gold miners are doing pretty good.
So, check out washington-state-gold-mining If you live out in that part of the country this is really worth taking a look at.
Strike It Rich!
Monday, July 6th, 2009 at
12:51 am
Ok, so these Montana gold mines are not really lost. After all, the government employee that wrote this document seems to know right where these gold mines are, but do you.
This isn’t a huge document and I’m not quite certain who prepared it, but it is a nice list of old gold mines in Montana.
So, check out lost-mines-in-montana
Strike It Rich!
Monday, June 29th, 2009 at
12:20 am
This is an absolutely great document if you live anywhere in the Virginia or anywhere in that part of the country, because this is a 1975 report by the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Division of Minerals on the location of old gold mines.
This is LITERALLY a treasure map that gives turn by turn directions to numerous old gold mines. Man, it can’t get any easier than this!
Anyhow, if you go out looking for any of those lost gold mines be sure not to trespass or break any other laws. However, there is an excellent chance that many of the landowners in that part of the country don’t have a clue that there are old gold mines anywhere near their property, so you might be able to work something out.
So, check out lost-virginia-gold-mines
Strike It Rich!
Monday, June 22nd, 2009 at
12:29 am
Here’s great document for California gold prospectors: A Historic Survey of Shasta County, California Gold Mines. Really, for this is unbeatable information for California gold prospectors.
This is another TREASURE MAP for gold prospectors and yes I do appreciate all of the nice comments I get for posting these docuements.
This document is from 1995 and 158 pages long. It’s a general study of the area, but over twenty pages are devoted to the locations of old gold mines. This is literally a treasure map!
Of course, be careful about trespassing if you go out looking for these mines, but there is a lot of Federal Land in the area that is easy for gold prospectors to access.
So, check out old-shasta-county-gold-mines
Strike It Rich!
Charlie
