Arizona Gold Prospector

We’re at a GPAA claim right off North Castle Hot Springs Road in the Morristown Arizona area.

There’s a lot to be learned from those that have gone before us!

Weekend gold prospecting is a great hobby for the old and the young! 

Arizona Gold Prospector

The Bureau of Land Management controls lots of the land out here and there are extensive active mining claims by many weekend gold prospectors and Arizona gold prospecting clubs. Always check BLM claim information first to be sure the areas you are going to are not an active mining claim or restricted State lands.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The gold-bearing quartz veins of the Vulture Mine, southwest of Wickenburg, in Maricopa County were discovered in 1863. The mine produced 366,000 troy ounces (11,400 kg) of gold through 1959.

Gold mining in Arizona reportedly began in 1774 when Spanish priest Manuel Lopez directed Papago Indians to wash gold from gravel on the flanks of the Quijotoa Mountains, Pima County. Gold mining continued there until 1849, when the Mexican miners were lured away by the California Gold Rush. Other gold mining under Spanish and Mexican rule took place in the Oro Blanco district of Santa Cruz County, and the Arivaca district, Pima County.^[12]

Mountain man Pauline Weaver discovered placer gold on the east side of the Colorado River in 1862. Weaver’s discovery started the Colorado River Gold Rush to the now ghost town of La Paz, Arizona and other locations along the river in the ensuing years.

The last gold mine to operate in Arizona was the Gold Road mine at Oatman, which shut down in 1998. Patriot Gold is exploration drilling at the Moss mine at Oatman.

In 2006, all of Arizona’s gold production came as a byproduct of copper mining.

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