RESEARCH | goldsilver

This research is for educational and entertainment uses only. Do I need to tell you not to trespass or go underground, in old mines? At least get permission, before getting killed.

I think it was Mark Twain who gave us the definition of a mine; "A mine is a hole in the ground, owned by a liar". And I also recall a story about mining, that applies here, a mine owner, who wanted his mine to look better to prospective buyers, would empty the lead pellets out of a shot gun shell, and replace them with gold nuggets. The miner would then shoot the gold into the working face of the mine. My research is just a compilation of what was written in the newspaper, of the day. I suppose most of the entries are true, I wish there was a way to double check this information. Also, some states don't have many newspapers online, and my research is smaller than it could be.

And if you happen to own any of these mines, please get a hold of me. I've got eight years of experience with gold and metal detecting. I don't show anyone the gold I've gotten. Allowing me to get the coarse gold off the surface of, say your mine dump, will keep other people from finding it. Other people who might make a you tube video, and possibly a little gold rush, on your land. No body wants that. We will can split what I dig up. With any luck, you'll have some coarse gold to show to people interested in your property.

Some things about my research. The longitude and latitude are from mytopo.com. And "AREA", means I saw a claim map, but didn't see the dump on an air photo, at mytopo.com. And "G.M.C" means gold mining company, "M.M.C" is mining and milling company. And "ledge" or "lead" was changed to "vein" around 1900. "Free gold" or "free milling ore", means that the ore could be ground up, and the gold was coarse enough to be separated by panning or similar. And wire and leaf and cube gold, or silver, are natural forms of crystalline metal. A placer mine is a gravel mine, similar to gravel pits, where gold nuggets were mined, except in CA, where gravel was sometimes buried by basalt, and miners dug underground, and dug up water worn nuggets, sometimes called cement mines. And sometimes, articles referred to things dug up years ago, so the year is the date of the article, but mostly it is the discovery date. I did my best to just copy the description of the ore, word for word, as seen in the article.

About half of my research:

Gold and silver nuggets, all 12 states.

Arizona, Apache through Mohave counties.

California, Alpine through Nevada counties.

Colorado, Boulder through Lake counties.

Idaho, Ada through Lemhi counties.

Montana, Beaverhead through Madison counties.

New Mexico, Colfax through Lincoln counties.

Nevada, Church Hill through Mineral counties.

Oregon, Baker through Granite counties.

South Dakota, Custer and Lawrence counties.

Utah, Beaver through Juab counties.

Washington, Chelan through Lewis counties.

Wyoming, Albany and Carbon counties.

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