Gold Prospecting in s/Oregon (live, bus, map)

[Hawk J]

Originally Posted by steve pickering

you live right there. How much color have you pulled?

huh???......:d:d:d

[Steve Pickering]

You commented in a Gold Thread. You did read the thread first, right?

[Woof]

I'm sure there are limits to the operation size, I doubt they'd let you go in with heavy equipment. I've seen the vacuum dredges used but I think that takes a lot more work than it returns. It's probably good for a hobby, but I'll bet even a minimum wage job pays more in the long term.

[hamellr]

Originally Posted by Woof

I'm sure there are limits to the operation size, I doubt they'd let you go in with heavy equipment. I've seen the vacuum dredges used but I think that takes a lot more work than it returns. It's probably good for a hobby, but I'll bet even a minimum wage job pays more in the long term.

At the price of gold these days, and if you've got a decent river section, you can break even in a single season.

There are a lot worse hobbies.

[Steve Pickering]

No hobbies allowed anymore. It is Small Scale Mining now. The government said they protect mining rights, but if it is a hobby, we should get another hobby.

[ORjamfan]

Originally Posted by pdxMIKEpdx

I have found a little in Mt Hood National Forest along the Clackamas river drainage.
I used to take a small gold pan in my backpack when scouting out deer hunting areas.

If I found a creek that looked interesting, I'd stop and pan a little bit.
I've gotten some panning out the moss that grows on creek bed rocks.

That sounds so exciting. I'm a total newbie, No clue really what Im doing but jumping in with both feet.

[ORjamfan]

Originally Posted by hamellr

Here you go:

Public Sites for Mining Gold and Other Valuable Minerals

Thanks for this info!

[Larry Caldwell]

Originally Posted by ORjamfan

Will be heading down to Southern Oregon in a few weeks to try my hand at panning. I'm tired of digging for thundereggs in our area. Is there any place to camp that isn't a campground?

Absolutely not. We are in fire season, and they have already been fighting small wildfires. Camping is only allowed in an improved campground.

[leftwinghillbilly]

There is a legendary gold miner and his old lady that live in an old school bus on a grandfathered in claim 'over the back' in the Siskiyou Rogue natl. forest. She walks with a limp and it is said that he shot her on the foot to keep her there. He only comes out once a year on his snow mobile to sell his gold. Someone gave me a map with an X on it, thats where he lives. But they said don't go there, she doesn't like other women.

[seashelly]

Originally Posted by leftwinghillbilly

There is a legendary gold miner and his old lady that live in an old school bus on a grandfathered in claim 'over the back' in the Siskiyou Rogue natl. forest. She walks with a limp and it is said that he shot her on the foot to keep her there. He only comes out once a year on his snow mobile to sell his gold. Someone gave me a map with an X on it, thats where he lives. But they said don't go there, she doesn't like other women.

There ya go. LOL.