Like most grizzly bears this time of year I am slowly beginning to come out of my long winter hibernation.  I will be posting more gold treasure maps and other good information.

I think 2010 is going to be a good year for all of the part-time gold miners, because the price of gold has stayed high.

I’ll be posting something every week or two until I get tired or strike it rich.

If you have any specific things you want me to look into let me know.

Good Luck!

Here’s an interesting little post a gold strike in Arizona in 1988.

It only about two pages, but it is an interesting little piece and if you do any prospecting out there in the desert, which was never my cup of tea, it is worth looking at.

So take a look at: arizona-gold-strike-1988

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Today I’m posting a 1997 bibliography from the US Bureau of Mines that lists all of the reports, maps, and surveys that the BM had on Alaska mining.  I guess this is about the time that the Bureau of Mines was being shut down by Bill Clinton and most of the functions merged into the BLM. 

I’m not sure if that was the last big government agency to be shutdown, but I can’t think of any other since then.

It’s not easy reading, but it’s a great research document. 

So, take a look at the list-of-blm-docs-on-alaska-mining

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California is obviously the heart of the American gold mining.  The 1848 gold rush wasn’t the first or last gold rush, but it was the most important in American history.  Literally thousands of gold mines with vastly different amounts of production have been established in the 161 years since then and modern prospector appreciate the importance of loacting those old mines. 

The value is that old mines prove that at one time there was gold in place in a given spot and it is virtually certain that the old timers barely scratched the surface of what’s actually available.

So, this map of  cailfornias-historic-gold-mines  is pretty valuable.  It doesn’t give turn by turn directions, but if you do any gold prospecting in California it is worth taking a look at.

I was really surprised at the number of gold mines in Los Angeles County.  Also, this is a big file, so if you are really interested by sure to blow it up to 100%.  You can get a decent idea of the general area of a gold mine from this map. 

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True North is, not surprisingly, a region of Alaska that has produced an enormous amount of gold since 1912. 

It took me a time to figure out just where it was, because this docuemnt, which seems to have been prepared for the Alaska Department of Transportation is apparently missing a few pages.  Most of it is not really related to small gold prospectors, but read it until you get to the part about just how thick the original vein of gold was.

That’s probably worth the trouble of downloading it for most of you guys: alaska-mining-true-north-area

Strike It Rich!