Colorado Springs — El Paso County

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Colorado Springs — El Paso County

Gold Mining Site CO • El Paso County County
Description
I used to live in Colorado Springs and I have found gold northwest of Colorado Springs by 6 miles at Blair Athol in the foothills. Most of the area gulches contain some placer gold in the gravel deposits. Also if you go southwest of Colorado Springs, via Gold Camp Road (beautiful drive in autumn) to the St. Peter's Dome district there were many old mines that produced lode gold and you can usually find placer below them.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: el_paso_co.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Colorado Springs. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. I used to live in Colorado Springs and I have found gold northwest of Colorado Springs by 6 miles at Blair Athol in the foothills. Most of the area gulches contain some placer gold in the gravel deposits. Also if you go southwest of Colorado Springs, via Gold Camp Road (beautiful drive in autumn) to the St. Peter's Dome district there were many old mines that produced lode gold and you can usually find placer below them.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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