Edit: Due to the popularity of this post and addictive nature of panning this post has morphed into a new project. https://UMWGold.com Information page https://Forum.UMWGold.com Community form prospectors in the Upper Midwest. Introduction The more research I do the less likely I feel I am to find any placer gold in North Dakota, but you…
From treasurecache: There are reports of several lost gold mines in Minnesota, most having to do with placer gold. Indians mined gold or found it in placers in the early 1800s.There were rumors of a big Indian strike in 1878, which caused Walter and Perry Mize, middle-aged first cousins and bachelors in Minneapolis, to go…
The following explains how to build sluice box from everyday materials. Functionality of this unit is based on a boil box or gravity column. The advantage of this design is that you are only left with metals in your boil boxes. All of the blonds and nearly all of the black sand is blown out…
Panning Regulations: Michigan --> Source page Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota's regulations can be found here. North Dakota - No public regulations available. There has been so little interest in modern times that the state does not appear to have any regulations regarding what equipment can be used. Gold Locations: https://www.midwestprospector.com/statelocation.html https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndgs/ndnotes/Gold/Gold.asp https://www.michgpaa.com/GoldFindsLocations.html
