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General Prospecting Books

Panning and Sluicing

Advanced Prospecting

California

Nevada

Arizona

New Mexico

Montana, Utah, Idaho, Oregon

Colorado

Alaska

General Western Mining Information

Other Locations

General and Historic Metallurgy

General Prospecting Books

New!

Gold! Gold!: How and Where to Prospect for Gold
Gold! Gold!: How and Where to Prospect for Gold

How to Find Gold
How to Find Gold

Gold Is Where You Find It
Gold Is Where You Find It

Stake Your Claim! : How to Find Gold and Stake a Mining Claim
Stake Your Claim! : How to Find Gold and Stake a Mining Claim

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Getting Gold
A new 2002 book!

The Weekend Gold Miner
The Weekend Gold Miner

Gold Prospectors Handbook
Gold Prospectors Handbook

 Gold Rush!: The Young Prospector's Guide to Striking It Rich
Gold Rush!: The Young Prospector's Guide to Striking It Rich

Ancient River of Gold: How Gold Deposits Are Formed and Where They Can Be Found
Ancient River of Gold: How Gold Deposits Are Formed and Where They Can Be Found

Recreation Gold Prospecting for Fun and Profit

Quest for gold

Gold Diggers Atlas

Panning and Sluicing

Gold Panner's Manual: A Guide for the Complete Novice
Gold Panner's Manual: A Guide for the Complete Novice

The New Gold Panning Is Easy
The New Gold Panning Is Easy

Gold Fever: The Art of Panning and Sluicing
Gold Fever: The Art of Panning and Sluicing

Advanced Prospecting

Find More Treasure With the Right Metal Detector

You Can Find Gold: With a Metal Detector
You Can Find Gold: With a Metal Detector

Modern Metal Detectors, Revised
Modern Metal Detectors, Revised

Treasure Hunting for Fun and Profit
Treasure Hunting for Fun and Profit

Dry Washing for Gold
Dry Washing for Gold

Finding Gold in the Desert: The Art of Dry Washing
Finding Gold in the Desert: The Art of Dry Washing

Dredging for Gold
Dredging for Gold

Diving & Dredging for Gold
Diving & Dredging for Gold

Diving and Digging for Gold

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Practical Placer Mining

Methods of Placer Mining
Methods of Placer Mining

The Extraction of Free Gold: (Virgin Placer Gold)
The Extraction of Free Gold: (Virgin Placer Gold)

Small-Scale Gold Mining : A Manual Based on Experience in Suriname

Real Gold in Those Golden Years

Treasures Recovery from Sand and Surf: Beachcombing for Profit

California

Where to Find Gold in Southern California

Where to Find Gold in Southern California

Mines of the San Bernardinos
Mines of the San Bernardinos

Where to Find Gold in Northern California
Where to Find Gold in Northern California

Where to Find Gold in the Mother Lode
Where to Find Gold in the Mother Lode

Placer Gold Deposits of the Sierra Nevada
Placer Gold Deposits of the Sierra Nevada

California's Gold Country: Includes Mariposa, Tuolumne, Calaveras, Amador, El Dorado, Placer, Sierra and Nevada Counties

Nevada

Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada
Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada

Where to Find Gold and Gems in Nevada
Where to Find Gold and Gems in Nevada

Austin and the Reese River Mining District: Nevada's Forgotten Frontier
Austin and the Reese River Mining District: Nevada's Forgotten Frontier

Gold Nugget-Teering in Nevada: Gold Nugget-Teering & Prospecting in Nevada

Arizona

Arizona Gold Placers and Placering
Arizona Gold Placers and Placering

Placer Gold Deposits of Arizona
Placer Gold Deposits of Arizona

Arizonas Little Known Gold Placers
Arizonas Little Known Gold Placers

Arizona's Golden Secret: How to Get Your Share of Desert Gold!
Arizona's Golden Secret: How to Get Your Share of Desert Gold!

Yours for the Taking: Getting More of Your Share of Desert Gold!
Yours for the Taking: Getting More of Your Share of Desert Gold!

Quest for the Dutchman's Gold: The 100-Year Mystery
Quest for the Dutchman's Gold: The 100-Year Mystery

New Mexico

Placer Gold Deposits of New Mexico
Placer Gold Deposits of New Mexico

Gold Panning in New Mexico : From Map Reading to Staking the Claim

Montana, Utah, Idaho, Oregon

Montana Pay Dirt: A Guide to the Mining Camps of the Treasure State
Montana Pay Dirt: A Guide to the Mining Camps of the Treasure State

Placer Gold Deposits of UT
Placer Gold Deposits of UT

Gold Mining in Oregon
Gold Mining in Oregon

History of Placer and Quartz Gold Mining in the Coeur D'alene District

Grubstaking the Palouse: Gold Mining in the Hoodoo Mountains of North Idaho, 1860-1950
Grubstaking the Palouse: Gold Mining in the Hoodoo Mountains of North Idaho, 1860-1950

Colorado

Colorado Placers and Placering
Colorado Placers and Placering

Gold Panning and Placering in Colorado : How and Where
Gold Panning and Placering in Colorado : How and Where

Gold Occurrences of Colorado
Gold Occurrences of Colorado

Colorado's Lost Gold Mines and Buried Treasure
Colorado's Lost Gold Mines and Buried Treasure

A Guide to Treasure in Colorado
A Guide to Treasure in Colorado

Alaska

Where to Prospect for Gold in Alaska Without Getting Shot!
Where to Prospect for Gold in Alaska Without Getting Shot!

Gold Placer Deposits in Eastcentral Alaska
Gold Placer Deposits in Eastcentral Alaska

Gold Placer Deposits Near Fairbanks, Alaska
Gold Placer Deposits Near Fairbanks, Alaska

Gold Placer Deposits in Northeast Alaska (Dalton Highway)
Gold Placer Deposits in Northeast Alaska (Dalton Highway)

Fairbanks Gold
Fairbanks Gold

Goldfields of Nome, Alaska
Goldfields of Nome, Alaska

The Northern Gold Fleet: Twentieth-Century Gold Dredging in Alaska

Alaska Gold Prospectors Guide

Where to Prospect for Gold in Alaska Without Getting Shot!

General Western Mining Information

Exploring and Mining Gems and Gold in the West, Vol. 1
Exploring and Mining Gems and Gold in the West, Vol. 1

Lost Gold and Silver Mines of the Southwest
Lost Gold and Silver Mines of the Southwest

Western Mining: An Inforam Account of Precious-Metals Prospecting, Placering, Lode Mining, and Milling on the American Frontier from Spanish Times to 1893
Western Mining: An Inforam Account of Precious-Metals Prospecting, Placering, Lode Mining, and Milling on the American Frontier from Spanish Times to 1893

Other Locations

The Georgia Gold Rush: Twenty-Niners, Cherokees, and Gold Fever
The Georgia Gold Rush: Twenty-Niners, Cherokees, and Gold Fever

Lake Superior Gold; An Amateur's Guide to Prospecting in the Lake Superior Region
Lake Superior Gold; An Amateur's Guide to Prospecting in the Lake Superior Region

Gold Mining in North Carolina: A Bicentennial History

Goldpanning Southwest BC and Vancouver Island: A Prospector's Treasure Trail To Creeks of Gold
Goldpanning Southwest BC and Vancouver Island: A Prospector's Treasure Trail To Creeks of Gold

Gold in Ontario

Yukon River Gold

General and Historic Metallurgy

Metallurgy Fundamentals

De RE Metallica
De RE Metallica

The Pirotechnia of Vannoccio Biringuccio: The Classic Sixteenth-Century Treatise on Metals and Metallurgy
The Pirotechnia of Vannoccio Biringuccio: The Classic Sixteenth-Century Treatise on Metals and Metallurgy

King Croesus' Gold: Excavations at Sardis and the History of Gold Refining, Vol. 11
King Croesus' Gold: Excavations at Sardis and the History of Gold Refining, Vol. 11

Chemical Metallurgy
Chemical Metallurgy

Gold: Advances in Precious Metals Recovery
Gold: Advances in Precious Metals Recovery

Determination of the Precious Metals: Selected Instrumental Methods
Determination of the Precious Metals: Selected Instrumental Methods

The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession
The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession

California Gold Country: Early Mining Days: The Story Behind the Scenery
California Gold Country: Early Mining Days: The Story Behind the Scenery

BRE-X: The inside Story
BRE-X: The inside Story

Gold: Progress in Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Technology
Gold: Progress in Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Technology

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Introductory Mining Engineering

Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas

Solution Mining: Leaching and Fluid Recovery of Materials

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