Blacklick Creek — Franklin County

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Blacklick Creek — Franklin County

Gold Mining Site OH • Franklin County County
Description
A few sources say there is glacial gold in Blacklick Creek, there is some good glacial washout debris, best time to find washout debriefs is before flooding not after.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: franklin_oh.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Blacklick Creek. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. A few sources say there is glacial gold in Blacklick Creek, there is some good glacial washout debris, best time to find washout debriefs is before flooding not after.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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