Member areas and equipment allowed Options

[stan in colo]

Hi all,I have a few questions regarding membership.
1. If I am a member,can I take a friend to one of your prospecting sites,or does the friend have to be a member also.And what about family?
2. Do you allow powered equipment on your sites.or just sluicing.
3.Distance is a factor in my prospecting,in generality (I dont want an exact location,)can you give
an approximate location,of the member sites. It is at least a 3 hour drive to get to Fairplay.
any further would require,for me,a 2 day trip.Especially to get any good digs in.
I have been up to Fairplay,and have had some good digs and some bad ones as well.Just thinking
of joining your club,probably will in very near future...thanks all Stan

[CP]

Hi Stan,

Welcome to the forums and thank you for considering the ColoradoProspector club as your choice to join. We would all be honored to have you and your families participation.

As a club member, you would have access to our compiled research on areas that are located in NF or BLM lands. These are not claims though.
Our research determines that the ground is open to prospecting and did not have mining claims filed on them at the time we finished researching each. You'll also get information and details about easily reverifying our findings at anytime for these areas, and you could also apply this same technique of research verification to any lands you've been wanting to check on in any of the 19 states we as citizens can still file mining claims in.
We as a club can not dictate who can go on FS or BLM lands, we all have that right and we wouldn't tell you someone can't go with you. Our research is what the membership pays for and club members keep this information for their own personal use as per the membership agreement.

The club doesn't dictate what equipment is used, being these lands are BLM or FS lands, then the 1872 mining law applies to any bonafide prospector/miner exploring for mineral and gem deposits within those lands. You as the prospector/miner have to make the call as to what equipment best suits your needs for the situation at that time to sample and process those samples you are attempting to test.

As far as distance, I'm not sure where you are located but we have several areas researched in Park, Summit, Clear creek, Chaffee and Rio Grande counties at this time. Hopefully some of those are within the 2 hour drive for you.

Hope this answers your questions Stan and feel free to post up any more if needed.

CP-Dan

[stan in colo]

Dan
Thanks for the informative reply.I guess I was under the impression that the club,had claims
that the members,could work. I live in Brush,and enjoy going up the mountains,to do a little
digging for the elusive gold.Been up to the Fairplay area several times.All have been good
outings.
I thot that if you were on Fs or Blm,no powered equipment was allowed,just a sluice,and
maybe a battery powered recirculatng minihigh banker.Or metal detector.I have a small
trammel that I built,and use.2.5 hp water pump,w 1 1/2 inlet and outlet.It would be nice to go
and use it,while on FS or Blm. Thanks again for the reply, I'll be in touch....Stan

[Coalbunny]

Cool! My dad was hatched in Brush. I have heard of folks talk about some of the first gold strikes in Colorado back when it was split between Utah and Kansas territories. One site is the South Platte and the other was the Arkansas. And that was when your part of the state was western Kansas territory. I see no reason why you shouldn't find some fine/ultra fine gold on the South Platte.

You can operate powered equipment on both BLM and USFS lands. But Dan is the expert on that.

[stan in colo]

Hi Coalbunny.Is the nest still here?:) I have a friend that went north of town.to the Platte,and tried to find gold.Said he dug down 2 or 3 feet and found all kinds of black sand,but no gold.

[Coalbunny]

Hi Coalbunny.Is the nest still here?:) I have a friend that went north of town.to the Platte,and tried to find gold.Said he dug down 2 or 3 feet and found all kinds of black sand,but no gold.

Nah Stan, last family member over that way was my grandmother on my dad's side, and she died back in 1988. I never had a chance to meet her.

No telling about the gold on the S. Platte, I've been itchin' to head over that way for a few days and see what's there.