Prospecting News And Events
***September Updates***
IF YOU USE IT, THE GROUND PRODUCED IT!
MINERS MAKE IT HAPPEN!!
 Updates to the site recently....
With so much apprehension about the economy in 2010, we thought a great way to fight inflation is to lower prices!
Help the Colorado Prospector club fight inflation in 2010 by taking advantage of this years club membership drive discounts or credits toward upgrades.
We would much rather offer a discount to our future club members instead of price increases this year.
For more information, go to the Club membership drive 2010 thread in the forums.
The winner of the cabbin' Fever contest was Jeff out of Colorado. Congratulations to Jeff on his win!
Stop by the forum soon to see all the fantastic entries.
"Cabbin' Fever contest"
We have reduced prices on many fantastic items in the Miners Market. Great gift ideas!
Looking for unique mineral specimens for sale, loose gem stones or stone guitar picks?
Visit the Miners Market and support local miners/artisans!
Starting 11/12/09 we will be adding 6 nuggets into 6 different single bags of the next 60 bags (Fairplay placer dirts) ordered.
For full details, go to the
Forums "Gold Placer Dirt" thread.
October of 09' New researched prospecting areas have been added this year totalling 20,000 plus acres.
6 new areas were added, 3 of which are for level 2 FY level members, and all 6 of course for the lifetime level.
New CP club members discounts at various businesses along your travels.
This new benefit will grow over time to be a great value to all club members.
We have begun to stash Geo-Caches for the club members to find! These will be ongoing with additional caches stashed in the future.
Check your club members protected forum section for more details.
Not a club member? You can still read some of the details in the Geocache stashin' thread in the CP forums.
We are happy to announce....... Begining new for 2009, ColoradoProspector.com will be having seasonal drawings for
the wonderful patrons of the CP business during that season.
Winter, spring, summer or fall, a little fun and a small thank you from us here at ColoradoProspector.com
For everyone making purchases from the CP
Miners Market products or services and
club members who sign up or renew.
To see the full details check the CP forums thread titled
"Seasonal Drawings".
ColoradoProspector.com now has several free demonstrational videos. Check out all the CP videos including
turbidity while dredging,
gold dredging in Colorado,
Winter Dredging Colorado at 10,500 ft.
as well as ThunderEgg Cutting 1,
and ThunderEgg Cutting 2 and
ThunderEgg Cutting 3.
Lapidary demonstrations coming soon, so check back often to see what's been added to the videos offered.
We have added a new "Gem & Mineral" section to the website, which will grow in time with many useful tid bits
about different gems/minerals found in Colorado and uses for them today. Enjoy browsing this new section when you
have the time and let us know if you have some cool tid bits to add in. To find the new section you may follow this link
directly to the Colorado Gems & Minerals pages
or just click on the image to the left (green side bar) that reads "Colorado Gems & Minerals"
The 2008 fall membership
drive was a great success.
Thanks to all who participated!
The following are the winners of the drawing....
1st place/pick.... Rich, from Ridgeway, Colorado
2nd place/pick.... Ken, from Pagosa Springs, Colorado
3rd place/pick.... Dennis, from Warren, Oregon
You can view their choice of prizes in the CP Treasure Chest!
The CP forums have been updated to a fresh look with more secure settings.
The new forum has a lot of new features that are very user friendly, so stop in and check it out.
If you haven't joined the ColoradoProspector forum board yet, click below and register today.
The Forum is very user
friendly and a great place to discuss prospecting, meet folks, post pictures of your outings, or just read others postings.
The CP forum board is free for everyone to use, but you must register as a member of the forum to post.
So check it out today and register your favorite nickname. It's FREE!
CP club members receive access to the monthly newsletter we present in the forum as well as all past newletters. This section of the forum is password
protected and is reserved for current members of the CP club's use only. Club members can review all old newsletters from the past too!
Looking for somewhere to pan and sluice?
ColoradoProspector club has listed free panning/sluicing areas for everyone to enjoy.
You can find this info in the
CP forums.
We have also added several interesting tidbits (Did you knows),
and a mining claim lease for everyone to print off and use if needed in the Plans_And_Tips page.
There are also new instructions for seasoning new gold pans. We hope you find these plans
and tips useful.
GOOD LUCK WITH ALL YOUR PROSPECTING!
If you like doing online puzzles, we have several listed on the
Kids page.
We have added a 100 piece puzzle of a chunk of Arizona Petrified wood. Learn what causes the colors in the wood.
Also a great place for parents, students and educators to find informative links related to schooling.
Rockin' For Mining!
Its all about teaching others about mining
and how important it is to all of us.
You know someone who is helping bring awareness to mining, who also loves sharing music with others?
We want to hear about it. Learn more at this link..
Rockin' For Mining!
The Laws, Regulations and Guidelines section of the forum has been reconstructed so to speak and beefed up!
You may now find many of the laws, regs, government studies etc you need to know about while prospecting and or mining.
03/08 Update... All CP club members researched areas now include GPS coordinates and elevation data.
Current members can check out the members monthly newsletter for details!
This beauty is still making history. Before its life in Gilpin Colorado, it helped with the building of the Panama Canal.
In October 2005, it was moved to Nederland Colorado to the Nederland Mining Museum.
This steam shovel is now the most famous one in the world, with its incredible history. It will be Nationally Landmarked, as it
will become a National Monument in the United States. It is the single most important piece of placer mining equipment know to exist in the world today.
The History Channel will be premiering it in their new series Mega-Movers.
What a fantastic piece of equipment it is.
We have had the CP Web Cam running while we clean concentrates, slabbing rocks,
create cabbachons, work on art projects, or just capturing this great state's scenery. Check the webcam to see what's up today.
There is also a weather banner so you can see how unpredictable Colorado's weather can be.
"Past Colorado Prospector events"
*The 2009 4th Of July members outing was filled with
great people, good food, educational demonstrations, fun and much more. Another amazing place to be in Colorado.
*The 2008 Spring Fling outing
in Fairplay was a blast! There were lots of new people to meet and great tips were learned about prospecting, and the equipment used.
*The Colorado Rally 2007 was educational for all.
Multiple digs with multiple locations.....10 times the fun!
Check out some footage of the Gold Dredging Colorado video we shot
as an educational demonstration.
*The 8th grade sciene lab students in
A South Carolina school in 2007-2008 interacting and learning
at the CP site.
*The outing in Fairplay 2006 was a blast, and everyone got to meet someone new.
*Teaching the Cubscouts in Pueblo in 2005 how to pan for gold, and we also taught them a
little bit about Colorado's history. Working with the kids is priceless! Theres nothing like seeing the look on their faces as they are taught how to look for gold.
*The Colorado Rally 2004 at the Argo Mine in June was a great success. There were lots of folks who came out from all over to learn, meet
old and new friends, and to just have a good time. Education and respect for the environment is very important, and educating the public about their rights and rules of (Y)OUR
land is essential to a brighter future.
Whether you live in Colorado and want to explore another area of this
state or you are visiting for the first time, think about relishing the
good life in a resort with a Breckenridge resorts. That way you can enjoy all
that Colorado has to offer, including fantastic gem and mineral finds.
Not familiar with resort life? No problem, start with a well-known
resort like Grand Timber Lodge rentals. Discover all that
Colorado has to offer from the ground up.
Reclamation Of A Trommel Ramp.
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We worked on the project to reclaim the trommel ramp at Vic's Gold Panning.
Alot of hard work involved but alot of fun, and the gold we found was an added plus.
The Nederland Mining Museum has a whole new look, so come see and bring the family.
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