Craig — Moffat County

Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: moffat_co.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: CRAIG. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Southwest of Craig 12 miles, at Round Bottom, on North side of the Yampa River you can find some old placer workings. West 19 miles, at Lay, on U.S. 40, with latest workings 6-10 mi. North along Lay Creek, there were some very productive placers. North 35 miles, at Fourmile Creek, and Timberline Creek, close to Route 13 near Baggs, Wyoming, 5 miles North to area of dry, rolling plains along the West base of the Elk Mountains, an area of about 30 by 40-miles of coverage, are some dry placers. The fine gold can be dry washed or recovered by blower-type machines and is 885-935 fine, with about 600 colors comprising a cent (at $35 a troy ounce).