Gold Prospecting in Utah

Learn about the history of gold prospecting in Utah. Many millions of dollars worth of gold have been mined out of the hills surrounding Salt Lake City. Join host, Cris Draper, as he share some background on the mining activity and how you can prospect for a little of the glitter in the sand in your own gold pan. More video available at www.60SecondOutdoors.com

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• Utah
• Gold
• Prospecting

[oceanghost2006]

good video

[tmaster141]

Thanks! It is a fun and exciting outdoor activity, even for young children to get them involved in the out of doors! Go out and find some!

[tmaster141]

Seperating out the fine gold can be a lot of work and there are several methods for doing it. From drying the black sands out and using a magnet to remove out the metals other than gold, to amalgamation, the method of using mercury to take the gold out of the remaining black sands. BE CAREFUL AND MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING! The Gold Prospectors Association is a great resource and you can find them online.

[FORMER0203USMC]

i usually go for the magnet however when i only find a few flakes i can get em out with a pair of tweezers

is a couple of flakes good for just one cup of dirt? im finding about 1 1/2 teaspoons of black sand every time (im not dredging) just shoveling dirt, classifying it and panning it out

[thediscgolfkid]

i live near spanish fork, i go up a canyon i wont name, but i find gold there without a sluice, just a pan and i find alot of silver and platinum. theres alot of gold here in utah, you just gotta find it ;)

[wesomest]

@ty34gh23 what is the shop's name?

[gary77777778888888]

@mattamiller check the symbols on your map if its on the map there it should be on the page that explains the meanings of the symbols.

[mattamiller]

I've got a local utah map and I noticed on the hill side it says "prospect" with a little square what does this mean?

[actingimprov]

Especially towards you thediscgolfkid.

[actingimprov]

You wanna tell, cause I can beg! Besides it'll only be a vacational visit kinda thing, you can even pm me the awnser! Besides you cant get it all anyways!

Aside from that great vid! I want to learn how to pan/sleuce for gold. No dredging too many permits!

[oceanghost2006]

yes i live in los angeles close to east folk i go there sometimes im going to buy a sluice box thats what i need

[tmaster141]

I went us a few weeks ago and it looks like they have changed the regulations now in that canyon. I need to make some calls and see if I can find out what the laws are now for small operation dredging and panning.