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Gold
Prospecting
World famous Gold prospecting expedition trips. Visit real gold mining camp-JIMTOWN
1849. You keep all the gold you find.
Featuring Gold Prospecting
adventures to local streams, from 1 hour-trips to several days. Open everyday. You keep
all the gold you find.
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Hidden
Treasure Gold Mine Tours & Matelot Gulch Mine Supply Store
– Columbia 209-532-9693
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Hard rock gold mine tours
daily. Gold panning, antiques, gold/silver jewelry. Summer daily from 10:00 am to 6:00
pm. Winter from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, closed on Mondays.
The ranch is located on
Parrotts Ferry Rd. in Vallecito. 7 1/2 miles north of Columbia, or take Highway 4 east from
Angels Camp & 1/2 from Moaning Caverns. The guides will teach you to find where the
gold is located. You will learn how to pan, sluice and with a permit how to dredge. They
provide the equipment and be sure that you will find gold every time, but no guarantees on
how much. Up to an ounce is yours, after that you will split.
If you are the adventurous type and
think you can handle the trip by yourself here are a few places where you can get
supplies and more info on where to go for gold:
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Columbia
Mining & Equipment: Main Street, Jamestown - 209-984-3893
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Stories
in Stones: Main Street, Murphys - 209-728-2404
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Books
& More: Highway 49, Altaville - 209-728-8845
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Matelot
Gulch Mining Supply: Columbia State Park - 209-532-9693
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River
Prospecting: Arnold - 888-726-4386
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In addition to these companies, all lakes and reservoirs in the Calaveras,
Tuolumne Counties offer opportunities for finding gold. Just kneel down by the sandy banks
and you might get lucky!
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