Gold Panning California: A Guide to the Area's Best Sites for Gold

by Garret Romaine

Overview

Gold Panning California is the premiere reference source for anyone who is interested in getting started or continuing their gold prospecting in California. Containing accurate, up-to-date prospecting information for all known panning areas in California. The write-ups for each locale include driving directions, GPS coordinates, historical information, land ownership restrictions, full-color photos, and geological background.

Features include:

• Full-color images
• GPS coordinates
• Geology basics
• Tools of the trade for every level of collector
• Rules and regulations
• Polishing, preserving, crafting, and displaying your treasures

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493018987
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/2017
Series:	Gold Panning
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	43 MB
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About the Author

Garret Romaine is an avid gold prospector, rockhound, and fossil collector with years of experience in the field. He is a long-time writer for Gold Prospectors magazine, and is the author of The Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook, Rocks, Gems and Minerals of the Southwest, Rocks, Gems, and Minerals of the Rocky Mountains, and Rockhounding Idaho, all from FalconGuides, as well as Gem Trails of Washington and Gem Trails of Oregon. Garret is a member of the Board of Directors of the Rice NW Museum of Rocks and Minerals in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments x

Introduction xi

How to Use This Guide xvi

How to Pan for Gold xix

Map Legend xxxi

Part I Southern California 1

1 Potholes 3

2 Julian 7

3 Trabnco Canyon 11

4 Holcomb Valley 14

5 Lytle Creek 17

6 San Gabriel River 20

7 Big Tujunga 22

8 Saugus 26

9 Piru Creek 29

10 La Pauza 33

11 Kern River 36

12 Randsburg 39

Honorable Mentions 43

Part II Mother Lode 44

Southern Region 45

13 Briceburg 46

14 Bagby 50

15 Bonanza 52

16 Knights Ferry 54

17 California Gold Panning 56

18 Gold Prospecting Adventures 59

19 Columbia State Historic Park 61

20 Italian Bar 64

21 Camp Nine 67

22 Mokelumne River 69

23 Roaring Camp 73

24 Kennedy Mine 75

25 Sutter Creek 77

26 Pi Pi Campground 79

27 Hangtown's Gold Bug Park & Mine 82

Northern Region 84

28 Marshall Gold Discovery Park 85

29 China Bar 89

30 Confluence 91

31 Mammoth Bar 93

32 Cherokee Bar 96

33 Oxbow Dam 98

34 Michigan Bluff 100

35 Yankee Jim's 102

36 Mineral Bar 104

37 Gold Run 106

38 Empire Mine State Historic Park 108

39 Bridgeport 111

40 Highway 49 Crossing 114

41 Purdon Crossing 116

42 Edwards Crossing 118

43 Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park 120

44 Washington 123

45 Alleghany 125

46 Joubert Hydraulic Pit 129

47 Convict Flat 131

48 Downieville 133

49 Union Plat 135

Honorable Mentions 137

Part III Northern Sierras 139

50 Butte Creek 141

51 Poker Flat 145

52 Rich Bar 148

53 Plumas Eureka State Historic Park 151

Part IV Klamath-Trinity 153

54 Reading's Bar 155

55 Beegum Creek 159

56 Carrier Gulch 162

57 Forest Glen 165

58 Sterner Flat 167

59 Pigeon Point 171

60 Helena 173

61 Big Flat 176

62 Orleans 178

63 Salmon River 181

64 Happy Camp 183

65 Smith River 186

Honorable Mentions 190

Part V Northeastern California 191

66 Dogtown 191

67 Bodie State Historic Park 197

Honorable Mention? 199

Appendix A Modern Tools 200

Appendix B Bibliography 208

Appendix C Websites 213

Appendix D Clubs and Organizations 217

Index 221

About the Author 223