Hunting along the gold-bearing creeks of Georgia can often result in gold nuggets. There were some big gold nuggets found in Georgia, and some of them were missed by the old-timers. Of course, panning and sluicing for gold is also an option. Metal detecting in old mining camps can also result in some interesting relics.

I buy, sell, and deal in mining related items from the California Gold Rush Era and those mining antiques that are related to the gold and silver mining that went on in this area from the period spanning roughly from the late 1840's to the first quarter of the 20th century. We are also interested in mining related artifacts and lighting devices from other parts of the country.

Mining Tools of the 1850's. Miners used many different methods to extract gold from the ground. Some methods used basic tools, while others required the use of quite complex machines. Below are pictures and descriptions of some different mining tools. Gold Panning. Gold panning was probably the simplest form of gold mining in the 1850's, and today.

There are two basic steps to gold mining: prospecting and production. "Prospecting" refers to the actual search in a certain area for valuable minerals, and "production," also known as mining, is the physical act of removing the gold from where you found it.Since different equipment exists for prospecting and mining, this article explores, briefly, equipment used for prospecting…

Shaft Mining. When alluvial gold became scarce, miners turned to shaft mining. Shaft mining is a technique used by miners where miners would use picks and shovels to dig shafts or tunnels underground. These shafts were 1 metre squared and were up to fifty metres deep. Miners used propped wood up against the walls and roof of the shaft/tunnel to ...

Artifacts from the Past Bring the History of the Gold Rush Alive! When you walk into Roaring Camp, you'll see the sheer amount of old mining equipment that's been used over the years here. Housed in our Mining Artifact Museum, you can see the artifacts of the past. From weather-worn antiques used in the pioneering days of the Gold Rush, you ...

The population of San Francisco increased quickly from about 1,000 in 1848 to 25,000 full-time residents by 1850. Miners lived in tents, wood shanties, or deck cabins removed from abandoned ships. +++++ Visit our site for real gold nuggets and prospecting equipment: https:// +++++

Beyond the 1850s Gold Rushes: Mining Technology from the 1890s to the Present - Concept - Electronic Encyclopedia of Gold in Australia - e-Gold is a biographical, bibliographical and archival database that tells the story of gold through images, stories and multimedia interactives, connecting individual stories to wider historical themes.

The eGold: electronic encyclopedia of gold in Australia website. explains and illustrates mining techniques from the 1850s and 1860s.; Gold! Gold! Gold! The language of the nineteenth-century Australian gold rushes.. the names of many types of mining techniques and machines are listed and defined in the book

A feature of the late 1850s may well have been the rise of reef gold mining prospects and the consequent development of settled communities, but this was only half of the story. ... The first news of the discovery came from the adjacent town of Binalong in July where an urgent request for mining equipment was received. ... 14 August 1860 OUR ...

Shaft Mining. When alluvial gold became scarce, miners turned to shaft mining. Shaft mining is a technique used by miners where miners would use picks and shovels to dig shafts or tunnels underground. These shafts were 1 metre squared and were up to fifty metres deep. Miners used propped wood up against the walls and roof of the shaft/tunnel to ...

5 Pans. Panning for gold was also known as "placer mining." Early miners sat by riverbeds, scooping wet soil into shallow metal pans. They swirled the pans, washing away the dirt to hopefully discover particles of gold. Though more complex equipment was eventually invented, pans were still a useful tool to distinguish gold from dirt.

1860s PORTER GOLD AND SILVER MINING COMPANY - Incorporated August 24th, 1863 - Butte County, California (printed at top). Unique vignette shows a miners cabin and possibly a small farm. People on horseback can also be seen. This very early operation offered 3,000 shares of stock worth $100 each. Inskip Mining District. Office at San Francisco ...

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Old Mining Equipment near Con Mine Site, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Abandoned gold mining equipment is rusting at the old site of the Con Mine Mining Machinery In The Old …

Almost a half century later, in 1904, an 18-year-old hunter, Roy Briggs, relocated the lost mine. This small pocket produced gold in slabs one inch thick and two to three feet long. A total of at least $50,000 was recovered from the vein 12 to 14 inches wide, 12 feet long and 7 feet deep.

In The Ages of Gold, Timothy Green estimates Egyptian gold mining production of between 1,000kg and 2,000kg (1.0 and 2.0 metric tons) per year, in the 15th century B.C. Egypt mined gold since the fourth millennium B.C. Between 3000 BC and 1500 AD is 4500 years of gold mining history, including of course the Aztecs and Incas, Indians, Europeans ...