Gold Prospecting, Gold Panning, Mining, Treasure Hunting, Rockhounding, Recreation Maps

Gold Prospecting, Gold Panning, Gold Mining, Treasure Hunting, Metal Detecting, Rockhounding and Outdoor Recreation

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GOLD PANNING

Map Cover Picture GOLD PANNING IS FUN
Gold panning is a delightful outdoor recreation for young and old. Many happy families combine gold panning with a picnic by a beautiful stream. It is easy to learn how to pan for gold by following the proven step-by-step instructions printed on your gold map. You are sure to get "gold fever!"

ALL YOU NEED
All you need to pan for gold is a shovel, an old dishpan or a $7 gold pan, a magnifying glass, a pair of tweezers and a small plastic vial in which to put your gold. Gold pans are found at hardware stores, metal detector stores, rock shops and hobby shops.

GOLD MAP SPECIFICATIONS
Big Ten's gold maps for gold prospecting, gold panning, treasure hunting and rockhounding are large size and large scale. They are printed in three colors on both sides of the sheet. Sheet size is 25 inches by 38 inches. The gold maps are folded to 4 1/4 inches by 9 1/2 inches. The scale is 1 to 250,000 (one inch = about 4 miles). Each gold map is a composite of portions of several U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Map bases. For your benefit, contour lines are omitted so that details stand out clearly. You will see creeks, branches, dams, dry washes, mountains, canyons, national forests, secondary roads, trails, power lines, and rural schools and churches. You can tell the direction of flow of every little creek and branch. The scope of each gold map is described on the pages that follow.

WHAT TO SEE ON THIS WEBSITE
For your pleasure, information is expanded for each state to include helpful prospecting comments, gold history and the counties in which gold occurs. While on the "Eastern Gold" page or the "California Gold" page, you may read the expanded text by clicking on the blue underlined words "CLICK HERE" as shown for each Eastern state and each California region. You will then see or read about:

In NC- The first authenticated discovery of gold in the United States in 1799.

In SC- A picture of an open pit gold mine.

In GA- A description of Georgia gold finds and the Georgia Gold Rush of 1828.

In VA- A Virginia gold nugget and early newspaper headlines about Virginia gold.

In AL- Revival of gold mining during the Great Depression when jobs were scarce.

In Southern CA- The fact that there are 96 gold deposit sites within 30 miles of Pasadena, 125 sites within 40 miles of Big Bear Lake and numerous sites near San Diego, Escondido, Yuma, Riverside, Palm Springs, Palmdale, Barstow, Trona, Randsburg, Death Valley, Bakersfield and Fresno; and, that the gold deposits of Southern California extend to the Arizona and Nevada state lines, with many sites being near Interstate Highways 8, 10, 15 and 40.

In Northern CA- You will read of prospecting and panning in the rich, gold-laden rivers of the California Mother Lode, the ancient rivers of the Sierra Nevada, the beautiful Klamath, Trinity and Smith Rivers, the beach gold at the Pacific Ocean and gold deposits near Yosemite, Mono Lake, Lake Tahoe, Sacramento, Placerville, Jamestown, Grass Valley, Oroville, Paradise, Downieville, Susanville, Redding, Yreka, and Crescent City.

Also, be sure to see the extensive Gold Links page, the Metal Detecting Resources page and the Ancient Rivers of Gold page, below.

The next page is Eastern Gold. Enjoy.

[ HOME PAGE ] [ GOLD PROSPECTING ] [ GOLD PANNING ] [ EASTERN GOLD ]
[ CALIFORNIA GOLD ] [ REQUESTING GOLD MAPS ] [ GOLD LINKS ] [METAL DETECTING RESOURCES] [ANCIENT RIVERS OF GOLD]

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