I'm originally from Big Sky Country up in Montana. Have been prospecting for the better part of 15 years now. I just moved to Colorado Springs several months ago. Did some prospecting around St. Peter's dome. Heavy iron's and trace gold in the quartz around the area. It's the only lode deposit in the area. I wanted to find a running water source below St. Peter's dome to search for placer deposits. No such luck everything was dry. Might try in the spring when there is runoff. We ended up in clear creek yesterday and was able to get on the gold. I worked around a big rock and found some nice black pudding stuck to the underside of the rock. " thats what we call it back home" your fine black iron.....We did fairly well though cant justify the cost of the trip to what we found. I would post pics but I'm sure everyone on here is getting mostly really fine gold out of the creek as it is eroded out of the ore deposits. We also toured the phoenix mine as my friend has never been in one, but mostly because I wanted to see what was making its way into the stream. I just paid my membership fee and am waiting for it to be activated. I'm looking for some areas that produce better gold. Was hoping someone would be willing to point me on the right track. I have a couple areas I will research and prospect. There a ways away from springs so I'll have to set up a three day trip or so. But I am willing to trade information for information to those that are willing to help someone new to the area. I'm an avid prospector, I will be attending the Colorado School of mines next year for mining engineering. I'm glad to be a part of Colorado Prospector. Lets get on the gold!